Landsknecht
English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Landsknecht, from Lands (“of the land”) + Knecht (“servant”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈlɑntsknɛxt/
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlantsˌknɛçt/
- Rhymes: -ɛçt
- Hyphenation: Lands‧knecht
Noun
Landsknecht m (genitive Landsknechts or Landsknechtes, plural Landsknechte)
- (countable, historical) Landsknecht, lansquenet (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)
- (uncountable) lansquenet (gambling card game)
- Synonym: Lansquenet
Declension
Declension of Landsknecht
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Landsknecht | die | Landsknechte |
| genitive | eines | des | Landsknechtes, Landsknechts |
der | Landsknechte |
| dative | einem | dem | Landsknecht, Landsknechte1 |
den | Landsknechten |
| accusative | einen | den | Landsknecht | die | Landsknechte |
1Now uncommon, see notes
Derived terms
- Landsknechtgott
- Landsknechthaut
- Landsknechtherz
- Landsknechtkrüge
- Landsknechtorden
- Landsknechtsheer
- Landsknechtslied
- Landsknechtstrommel
- Landsknechttisch
Descendants
Descendants
- → Arabic: لَانْدْسْكْنِيشْت (lāndsknīšt)
- → Czech: lancknecht
- → Danish: landsknægt (calque)
- → Dutch: landsknecht (calque), lansknecht
- → English: Landsknecht, landsknecht
- → French: lansquenet
- → Catalan: lansquenet
- → English: lansquenet
- → Portuguese: lansquenete, lansquené, lansquenê
- → Spanish: lansquenete
- → Georgian: ლანდსკნეხტი (landsḳnexṭi)
- → Greek: Λάντσκνεχτ (Lántsknecht)
- → Hebrew: לָאנְדְסְקְנֶכְט (landsknékht)
- → Italian: lanzichenecco, zecchinetta, zecchinetto
- → Japanese: ランツクネヒト (rantsukunehito)
- → Korean: 란츠크네히트 (rancheukeunehiteu)
- → Latin: Landsknectus
- → Lithuanian: landsknechtas
- → Norwegian: landsknekt (calque)
- → Polish: lancknecht, landsknecht
- → Russian: ландскне́хт (landsknéxt)
- → Serbo-Croatian: ландскнехт, landsknext
- → Swedish: landsknekt (calque)
- → Uzbek: landsknext
- → Vietnamese: lencơnet
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