knekt

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German knecht, from Old Saxon kneht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.

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

Borrowed from Middle Low German knecht, from Old Saxon kneht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.

Noun

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

  1. jack (playing card)

References

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German knecht, from Old Saxon kneht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.

Pronunciation

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

See also

Playing cards in Swedish · kort (layout · text)
ess, äss tvåa, två trea, tre fyra femma, fem sexa, sex sjua, sju
åtta nia, nio tia, tio knekt dam, drottning kung joker

Further reading

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