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English
Etymology
German surname, from Middle High German and Middle Low German knecht (“journeyman, knight's servant”).
Proper noun
Knecht (plural Knechts)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
- 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
German
Etymology
From Middle High German knëht, from Old High German kneht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “Knecht” in Duden online
- “Knecht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
Noun
Knecht m (plural Knecht)
- servant
Further reading