knekt

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German knecht, from Old Saxon kneht, from Proto-Germanic *knehtaz. Cognate with Swedish knekt, Norwegian Nynorsk knekt, Danish knægt, English knight and German Knecht.

Noun

knekt m (definite singular knekten, indefinite plural knekter, definite plural knektene)

  1. jack (playing card)

Alternative forms

Verb

knekt

  1. past participle of knekke

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German knecht, from Old Saxon kneht, from Proto-Germanic *knehtaz. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål knekt, Swedish knekt, Danish knægt, English knight and German Knecht.

Noun

knekt m (definite singular knekten, indefinite plural knektar, definite plural knektane)

  1. jack (playing card)

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German knecht, from Old Saxon kneht, from Proto-Germanic *knehtaz. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål knekt, Norwegian Nynorsk knekt, Danish knægt, English knight and German Knecht.

Noun

knekt c

  1. knight (professional warrior, especially of the Middle Ages)
  2. (playing cards) jack; card ranking between the ten and queen (abbreviated Kn)

Declension
Declension of knekt 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative knekt knekten knektar knektarna
Genitive knekts knektens knektars knektarnas

Derived terms
  • stridsknekt
  • legoknekt
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