# knecht
## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Knecht.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈknɛxt]
* Hyphenation: knecht

### Noun

knecht m anim
* soldier
    Synonym: voják

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “knecht”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “knecht”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /knɛxt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: knecht
* Rhymes: -ɛxt

### Noun

knecht m (plural knechten or knechts, diminutive knechtje n)
* a servant
    Synonyms: bediende, bode, dienaar, dienstbode
* (by extension) an assistant, hand, employee
* (derogatory) a flunky; often in diminutive form

#### Synonyms

* dienaar

#### Derived terms

* knechten
* knechterig
* knechtschap
* laarzenknecht
* verknechten
(types by task/employer)
* bakkersknecht
* beulsknecht
* boerenknecht
* dekknecht
* herenknecht
* huisknecht
* landsknecht
* lansknecht
* lijfknecht
* livreiknecht
* meesterknecht
* schildknecht
* stalknecht
* toneelknecht
* veeknecht
* wapenknecht

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: kneg
* → Indonesian: kenek
* Negerhollands: knegt, knecht

## Middle Low German
### Etymology

Likely from Old Dutch *kneht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.

### Noun

knecht
* servant, vassal, bondsman
* boy, young boy
* bachelor, unmarried man
* assistant, journeyman, apprentice
* soldier, mercenary
* squire, knight without knighthood

#### Derived terms

* abbetēkæreknecht
* ambachtenknecht
* ambachtesknecht
* ambachtknecht
* armborstæreknecht
* barbæreknecht
* barbēræreknecht
* batstōværeknecht
* beckæreknecht
* beddeknecht
* berchknecht
* binnenknecht
* brüggeknecht
* brūdeknecht
* brūtknecht
* brūwæreknecht
* bödekeresknecht
* bödelknecht
* börgæreknecht
* börgæresknecht
* börsenknecht
* bādæreknecht
* bāreknecht
* bērknecht
* bōkstāvenesknecht
* bōsknecht
* bōtknecht
* būkknecht
* būrknecht
* būwknecht
* cirkelknecht
* drīværeknecht
* dēnstknecht
* dǖvelesknecht
* dȫreknecht
* gelēideknecht
* gerichteknecht
* gerwæreknecht
* gildeknecht
* glāsewrechtæreknecht
* grāvenknecht
* grāvārtknecht
* gōdesknecht
* halfknecht
* hantwerkesknecht
* harneschknecht
* helpeknecht
* hofknecht
* holtknecht
* hülpæreknecht
* hāverknecht
* hēideknecht
* hōrenknecht
* hōrknecht
* hōtmākæreknecht
* hōveknecht
* hōvesknecht
* hūsknecht
* hūsmannesknecht
* hȫvetknecht
* junchēreknecht
* juncknecht
* jārknecht
* jēgæreknecht
* kastenknecht
* kellenknecht
* kellæreknecht
* kemenādeknecht
* kerkenknecht
* knechtesknecht
* knōkenhouwæreknecht
* koppersmēdeknecht
* koppersmēdenknecht
* kostknecht
* krāmæreknecht
* krānknecht
* krīgesknecht
* kumpānīeknecht
* kutschenknecht
* körsenewrechtenknecht
* kötmangæreknecht
* kāmerknecht
* kārenknecht
* kēmenerknecht
* kēmerknecht
* kēmerīeknecht
* kētelbȫtæreknecht
* kīmæreknecht
* kōplǖdeknecht
* kōpmannesknecht
* kǖtæreknecht
* kȫkeneknecht
* lammerknecht
* lancsummenknecht
* landesknecht
* lantknecht
* lēreknecht
* lōneknecht
* lōnerknecht
* lōsknecht
* marketknecht
* marstallesknecht
* matteknecht
* mattenknecht
* meltæreknecht
* mengæreknecht
* messetmākæreknecht
* middelknecht
* moisenknecht
* möllæreknecht
* münteknecht
* müntæreknecht
* mālæreknecht
* mēdeknecht
* mēlæreknecht
* mēsterknecht
* mūreknecht
* mȫlenknecht
* mȫlenwāgenknecht
* mȫsæreknecht
* neiknecht
* netteknecht
* nōtknecht
* paternostermākæreknecht
* pelsæreknecht
* plēgeknecht
* plēgesknecht
* plēgæreknecht
* plōchknecht
* prōvestdincknecht
* pāgenknecht
* pāpenknecht
* pērdeknecht
* pōrtenknecht
* rackæreknecht
* richteknecht
* richtesknecht
* richtæreknecht
* rotteknecht
* rādemēkæreknecht
* rēmensnīdæreknecht
* rēmsnīdæreknecht
* rēpslēgæreknecht
* rēpæreknecht
* rēseknecht
* rīdeknecht
* rīdeneknecht
* rōderknecht
* rǖtæreknecht
* rȫseknecht
* rȫsenknecht
* sabbatesknecht
* santknecht
* schiltknecht
* schipknecht
* schrȫdæreknecht
* schāpæreknecht
* schōknecht
* schōmākæreknecht
* setteknecht
* slachtæreknecht
* slǖtæreknecht
* smēdeknecht
* sniddekæreknecht
* snīdæreknecht
* snīdæresknecht
* stalknecht
* stalleknecht
* stockelknecht
* studērknecht
* stōvenknecht
* stȫværeknecht
* swēpenknecht
* swērtknecht
* swērtvēgæreknecht
* swōrenknecht
* söltæreknecht
* sülteknecht
* sādelmākæreknecht
* sālknecht
* sēgelmākæreknecht
* sēlæreknecht
* sīseknecht
* sōdesknecht
* taschenmākæreknecht
* taschenmēkæreknecht
* teindenpenningesknecht
* teinpennigesknecht
* timberknecht
* tollenknecht
* tolneknecht
* tāfelknecht
* tēgelknecht
* tōknecht
* underknecht
* vischæreknecht
* volgeknecht
* vrouwenknecht
* vrīknecht
* vrōneknecht
* vrōnenknecht
* vōderknecht
* vōlknecht
* vōrknecht
* vōtknecht
* vǖrhērenknecht
* weddeknecht
* werkknecht
* wāgenknecht
* wāpenknecht
* ümmeknecht
* ēdelknecht
* ōrtknecht
* ȫverhōvesknecht
* ȫverknecht

### References

* Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)
* Lübben, August und Christoph Walther Mittelniederdeutsches Handwörterbuch, Vol II, 1888. Published by Norden und Leipzig.

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Knecht, from Middle High German knëht, from Old High German kneht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈknɛxt/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛxt
* Syllabification: knecht

### Noun

knecht m pers
* (military, historical) German army infantryman
    Synonym: piechur
    Hypernym: żołnierz

#### Declension
### Noun

knecht m inan
* (nautical) bitts
    Synonyms: pachoł, poler

#### Declension
### Further reading

* knecht in Polish dictionaries at PWN