Landsknecht

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Landsknecht, from Lands (“of the land”) + Knecht (“servant”). Doublet of lansquenet.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑntsknɛxt/

Noun

Landsknecht (plural Landsknechts or Landsknechte)

1. (historical) Alternative form of lansquenet

Translations

German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century — see lansquenet

German

Etymology

From Lands (“of the land”) +‎ Knecht (“servant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlantsˌknɛçt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛçt
• Hyphenation: Lands‧knecht

Noun

Landsknecht m (strong, genitive Landsknechtes or Landsknechts, plural Landsknechte)

1. (countable, historical) lansquenet (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)
2. (uncountable) lansquenet (gambling card game)

   Synonym: Lansquenet

Declension

Declension of Landsknecht [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	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

• Landsknechtgott
• Landsknechthaut
• Landsknechtherz
• Landsknechtkrüge
• Landsknechtorden
• Landsknechtsheer
• Landsknechtslied
• Landsknechtstrommel
• Landsknechttisch

 

Descendants

Descendants

• → 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

• “Landsknecht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache