"knægt" meaning in Danish

See knægt in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈkʰnɛɡ̊d̥]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle Low German knecht, from Old Saxon kneht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht. Etymology templates: {{bor|da|gml|knecht}} Middle Low German knecht, {{der|da|osx|kneht}} Old Saxon kneht, {{der|da|gmw-pro|*kneht}} Proto-West Germanic *kneht Head templates: {{head|da|noun|singular definite|knægten||{{{sg-def-2}}}|||plural indefinite|knægte||{{{pl-indef-2}}}||{{{pl-indef-3}}}||{{{com}}}|f1accel-form=def|s|f4accel-form=indef|p|g=c|g2=|head=}} knægt c (singular definite knægten, plural indefinite knægte), {{da-noun|en|e}} knægt c (singular definite knægten, plural indefinite knægte) Inflection templates: {{da-noun-infl|en|e}}, {{da-noun-infl-base|g=c|gen-pl-def=knægtenes|gen-pl-def-2=|gen-pl-def-3=|gen-pl-indef=knægtes|gen-pl-indef-2=|gen-sg-def=knægtens|gen-sg-def-2=|gen-sg-indef=knægts|gen-sg-indef-2=|gen-sg-indef-3=|pl-def=knægtene|pl-def-2=|pl-def-3=|pl-indef=knægte|pl-indef-2=|pl-indef-3=|sg-def=knægten|sg-def-2=|sg-indef=knægt}} Forms: knægten [definite, singular], knægte [indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], knægt [indefinite, nominative, singular], knægten [definite, nominative, singular], knægte [indefinite, nominative, plural], knægtene [definite, nominative, plural], knægts [genitive, indefinite, singular], knægtens [definite, genitive, singular], knægtes [genitive, indefinite, plural], knægtenes [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. boy, lad Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-knægt-da-noun-5GNh4AeY Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Card games Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Card games: 64 36
  2. jack, knave (playing card) Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-knægt-da-noun-P67tK0E1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "knecht"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German knecht",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "osx",
        "3": "kneht"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon kneht",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*kneht"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *kneht",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Middle Low German knecht, from Old Saxon kneht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "knægten",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knægte",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "da-noun-infl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knægt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knægten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knægte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knægtene",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knægts",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knægtens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knægtes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knægtenes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "10": "knægte",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{pl-indef-2}}}",
        "13": "",
        "14": "{{{pl-indef-3}}}",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{com}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "singular definite",
        "4": "knægten",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{sg-def-2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "plural indefinite",
        "f1accel-form": "def|s",
        "f4accel-form": "indef|p",
        "g": "c",
        "g2": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "knægt c (singular definite knægten, plural indefinite knægte)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "e"
      },
      "expansion": "knægt c (singular definite knægten, plural indefinite knægte)",
      "name": "da-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "e"
      },
      "name": "da-noun-infl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "c",
        "gen-pl-def": "knægtenes",
        "gen-pl-def-2": "",
        "gen-pl-def-3": "",
        "gen-pl-indef": "knægtes",
        "gen-pl-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-def": "knægtens",
        "gen-sg-def-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef": "knægts",
        "gen-sg-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef-3": "",
        "pl-def": "knægtene",
        "pl-def-2": "",
        "pl-def-3": "",
        "pl-indef": "knægte",
        "pl-indef-2": "",
        "pl-indef-3": "",
        "sg-def": "knægten",
        "sg-def-2": "",
        "sg-indef": "knægt"
      },
      "name": "da-noun-infl-base"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "es"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "toer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "treer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "firer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "femmer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sekser"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "syver"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "otter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nier"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tier"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bonde"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dame"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dronning"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "konge"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "joker"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "73 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "64 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "da",
          "name": "Card games",
          "orig": "da:Card games",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "boy, lad"
      ],
      "id": "en-knægt-da-noun-5GNh4AeY",
      "links": [
        [
          "boy",
          "boy"
        ],
        [
          "lad",
          "lad"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "jack, knave (playing card)"
      ],
      "id": "en-knægt-da-noun-P67tK0E1",
      "links": [
        [
          "jack",
          "jack"
        ],
        [
          "knave",
          "knave"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkʰnɛɡ̊d̥]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "knægt"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Danish common-gender nouns",
    "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Danish lemmas",
    "Danish nouns",
    "Danish terms borrowed from Middle Low German",
    "Danish terms derived from Middle Low German",
    "Danish terms derived from Old Saxon",
    "Danish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "da:Card games"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "knecht"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German knecht",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "osx",
        "3": "kneht"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon kneht",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*kneht"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *kneht",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Middle Low German knecht, from Old Saxon kneht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "knægten",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knægte",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "da-noun-infl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knægt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knægten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knægte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knægtene",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knægts",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knægtens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knægtes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knægtenes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "10": "knægte",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{pl-indef-2}}}",
        "13": "",
        "14": "{{{pl-indef-3}}}",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{com}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "singular definite",
        "4": "knægten",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{sg-def-2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "plural indefinite",
        "f1accel-form": "def|s",
        "f4accel-form": "indef|p",
        "g": "c",
        "g2": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "knægt c (singular definite knægten, plural indefinite knægte)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "e"
      },
      "expansion": "knægt c (singular definite knægten, plural indefinite knægte)",
      "name": "da-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "e"
      },
      "name": "da-noun-infl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "c",
        "gen-pl-def": "knægtenes",
        "gen-pl-def-2": "",
        "gen-pl-def-3": "",
        "gen-pl-indef": "knægtes",
        "gen-pl-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-def": "knægtens",
        "gen-sg-def-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef": "knægts",
        "gen-sg-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef-3": "",
        "pl-def": "knægtene",
        "pl-def-2": "",
        "pl-def-3": "",
        "pl-indef": "knægte",
        "pl-indef-2": "",
        "pl-indef-3": "",
        "sg-def": "knægten",
        "sg-def-2": "",
        "sg-indef": "knægt"
      },
      "name": "da-noun-infl-base"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "es"
    },
    {
      "word": "toer"
    },
    {
      "word": "treer"
    },
    {
      "word": "firer"
    },
    {
      "word": "femmer"
    },
    {
      "word": "sekser"
    },
    {
      "word": "syver"
    },
    {
      "word": "otter"
    },
    {
      "word": "nier"
    },
    {
      "word": "tier"
    },
    {
      "word": "bonde"
    },
    {
      "word": "dame"
    },
    {
      "word": "dronning"
    },
    {
      "word": "konge"
    },
    {
      "word": "joker"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "boy, lad"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "boy",
          "boy"
        ],
        [
          "lad",
          "lad"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "jack, knave (playing card)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "jack",
          "jack"
        ],
        [
          "knave",
          "knave"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkʰnɛɡ̊d̥]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "knægt"
}

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