"Knecht" meaning in German

See Knecht in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /knɛçt/ Audio: De-Knecht.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛçt Etymology: Inherited from Middle High German knëht, from Old High German knëht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|de|gmh|knëht|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle High German knëht, {{inh+|de|gmh|knëht}} Inherited from Middle High German knëht, {{inh|de|goh|knëht}} Old High German knëht, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*kneht}} Proto-West Germanic *kneht Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s|f=Magd}} Knecht m (strong, genitive Knechtes or Knechts, plural Knechte, feminine Magd) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s}} Forms: Knechtes [genitive], Knechts [genitive], Knechte [plural], Magd [feminine], strong [table-tags], Knecht [nominative, singular], Knechte [definite, nominative, plural], Knechtes [genitive, singular], Knechts [genitive, singular], Knechte [definite, genitive, plural], Knecht [dative, singular], Knechte [dative, singular], Knechten [dative, definite, plural], Knecht [accusative, singular], Knechte [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. male servant, menial, especially on a farm Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Knecht-de-noun-5rvNDANL Categories (other): Occupations Disambiguation of Occupations: 13 23 32 32
  2. (figurative) serf, subordinate, someone unfree who serves another Tags: figuratively, masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Knecht-de-noun-K4UbrhAq Categories (other): Occupations Disambiguation of Occupations: 13 23 32 32
  3. (historical) a soldier, often a mercenary, of the 15th to 17th centuries Tags: historical, masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Knecht-de-noun-XLGMhMWC Categories (other): Occupations Disambiguation of Occupations: 13 23 32 32
  4. (obsolete) a boy or (young) man, typically of the lower classes Tags: masculine, obsolete, strong
    Sense id: en-Knecht-de-noun-I39ePwLW Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Occupations Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 11 12 23 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 8 8 33 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 5 22 67 Disambiguation of Occupations: 13 23 32 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: knechten, knechtisch, Knechtschaft Related terms: Knecht Ruprecht
Hyponyms: Altknecht, Bauernknecht, Folterknecht, Fotzenknecht, Fürstenknecht, Fussknecht, Fußknecht, Großknecht, Grossknecht, Hausknecht, Hofknecht, Judenknecht, Jungknecht, Kriegsknecht, Landsknecht, Mitknecht, Pfaffenknecht, Pferdeknecht, Rinderknecht, Schildknecht, Stallknecht, Waffenknecht, Weberknecht, Weiberknecht

Inflected forms

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      "glosses": [
        "a boy or (young) man, typically of the lower classes"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "boy",
          "boy"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) a boy or (young) man, typically of the lower classes"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "obsolete",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/knɛçt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛçt"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Knecht.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a5/De-Knecht.ogg/De-Knecht.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/De-Knecht.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Knecht"
}

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