UrsprungBorrowed from Middle Low German knecht, from Old Saxon kneht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.
- common-gendera (foot) soldier (especially in the medieval and early modern period)
- common-genderjack; card ranking between the ten and queen (abbreviated Kn)
Formerknekt(indefinite, nominative, singular) · knekts(genitive, indefinite, singular) · knekten(definite, nominative, singular) · knektens(definite, genitive, singular) · knektar(indefinite, nominative, plural) · knektars(genitive, indefinite, plural) · knektarna(definite, nominative, plural) · knektarnas(definite, genitive, plural)