Landsknecht
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German Landsknecht, from Lands (“of the land”) + Knecht (“servant”). Doublet of lansquenet.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Landsknecht (plural Landsknechts or Landsknechte)
- (historical) Alternative form of lansquenet
Translations
[edit]German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century — see lansquenet
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Lands (“of the land”) + Knecht (“servant”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Landsknecht m (strong, genitive Landsknechtes or Landsknechts, plural Landsknechte)
- (countable, historical) lansquenet (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)
- (uncountable) lansquenet (gambling card game)
- Synonym: Lansquenet
Declension
[edit]Declension of Landsknecht [masculine, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Landsknecht | die | Landsknechte |
genitive | eines | des | Landsknechtes, Landsknechts | der | Landsknechte |
dative | einem | dem | Landsknecht, Landsknechte1 | den | Landsknechten |
accusative | einen | den | Landsknecht | die | Landsknechte |
1Now rare, see notes.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Descendants of Landsknecht
- → Arabic: لَانْدْسْكْنِيشْت (lāndsknīšt)
- → Czech: lancknecht
- → Danish: landsknægt (calque)
- → Dutch: landsknecht, lansknecht (calque)
- → English: Landsknecht, landsknecht
- → French: lansquenet
- → Catalan: lansquenet
- → English: lansquenet
- → Portuguese: lansquenete, lansquené, lansquenê
- → Spanish: lansquenete
- → Greek: Λάντσκνεχτ (Lántsknecht)
- → Hebrew: לָאנְדְסְקְנֶכְט (landsknékht)
- → Italian: lanzichenecco, zecchinetta, zecchinetto
- → Japanese: ランツクネヒト (rantsukunehito)
- → Korean: 란츠크네히트 (rancheukeunehiteu)
- → Latin: Landsknectus
- → Lithuanian: landsknechtas
- → Norwegian: landsknekt (calque)
- → Polish: lancknecht, landsknecht
- → Russian: ландскне́хт (landsknéxt)
- → Georgian: ლანდსკნეხტი (landsḳnexṭi)
- → Serbo-Croatian: ландскнехт, landsknext
- → Swedish: landsknekt (calque)
- → Uzbek: landsknext
- → Vietnamese: lencơnet
Further reading
[edit]- “Landsknecht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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