Knecht Ruprecht

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German Wikipedia has an article on:

Knecht Ruprecht

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Companions of Saint Nicholas

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Knecht + Ruprecht

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˌknɛçt.ˈʁuː.pʁɛçt/, /-ˈʁuːp.ʁɛçt/

Proper noun[edit]

Knecht Ruprecht m (proper noun, strong, genitive Knecht Ruprechts)

A farmhand or servant character who accompanies St. Nicholas to help him and, traditionally, to punish naughty children with his rod.

Declension[edit]

Declension of Knecht Ruprecht [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Knecht Ruprecht
genitive	eines	des	Knecht Ruprechts
dative	einem	dem	Knecht Ruprecht
accusative	einen	den	Knecht Ruprecht

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

“Knecht Ruprecht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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