kneg

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch knecht, from Middle Dutch cnecht, from Old Dutch *kneht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.

Pronunciation

Noun

kneg (plural knegte)

  1. servant

Swedish

Etymology

Deverbal from knega.

Pronunciation

Noun

kneg n

  1. (colloquial) a job (for which someone gets paid)
    Synonyms: jobb, arbete
    Han har skaffat sig ett nytt kneg
    He's gotten a new job
  2. (colloquial) work (for which someone gets paid)
    Synonym: arbete
    Han kom hem efter dagens kneg
    He came home from the day's work

Declension

Declension of kneg 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kneg kneget kneg knegen
Genitive knegs knegets knegs knegens

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