Schildknecht

German

Etymology

Old High German skiltkneht, by surface analysis, Schild +‎ Knecht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃɪltknɛçt]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Schild‧knecht

Noun

Schildknecht m (strong, genitive Schildknechtes or Schildknechts, plural Schildknechte)

1. (historical) shield bearer

   Synonym: Schildknappe

Declension

Declension of Schildknecht [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schildknecht	die	Schildknechte
genitive	eines	des	Schildknechtes, Schildknechts	der	Schildknechte
dative	einem	dem	Schildknecht, Schildknechte1	den	Schildknechten
accusative	einen	den	Schildknecht	die	Schildknechte

¹Now rare, see notes.

Proper noun

Schildknecht m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Schildknechts or (with an article) Schildknecht, feminine genitive Schildknecht, plural Schildknechts)

1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Schildknecht [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Schildknecht	(eine)	(die)	Schildknecht	(die)	Schildknechts
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Schildknechts, Schildknecht1	(einer)	(der)	Schildknecht	(der)	Schildknechts
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Schildknecht	(einer)	(der)	Schildknecht	(den)	Schildknechts
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Schildknecht	(eine)	(die)	Schildknecht	(die)	Schildknechts

¹With an article.

Further reading

• “Schildknecht” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.