Knecht
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
German surname, from Middle High German and Middle Low German knecht (“journeyman, knight's servant”).
Proper noun[edit]
Knecht (plural Knechts)
- A surname from German.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Knecht is the 6,267th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5,452 individuals. Knecht is most common among White (95.34%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Knecht”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 322.
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German knëht, from Old High German kneht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Knecht m (strong, genitive Knechtes or Knechts, plural Knechte, feminine Magd)
- male servant, menial, especially on a farm
- (figurative) serf, subordinate, someone unfree who serves another
- (historical) a soldier, often a mercenary, of the 15th to 17th centuries
- (obsolete) a boy or (young) man, typically of the lower classes
Declension[edit]
Declension of Knecht [masculine, strong]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Russian: кнехт (knext)
Further reading[edit]
Hunsrik[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Knecht m (plural Knecht)
Further reading[edit]
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