knekt
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en knekt (sense 1) 
spader knekt (sense 2)
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)
- jack (playing card)
Alternative forms
Verb
knekt
- past participle of knekke
References
- “knekt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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)
- jack (playing card)
References
- “knekt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
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Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German knecht, from Old Saxon kneht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.
Pronunciation
Noun
knekt c
- a (foot) soldier (especially in the medieval and early modern period)
- Synonym: (modern) (fot)soldat
- (playing cards) jack; card ranking between the ten and queen (abbreviated Kn)
Usage notes
A knight is a riddare.
Declension
Declension of knekt
Derived terms
See also
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Further reading
- knekt in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- knekt in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)