knekt

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German knecht, from Old Saxon kneht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.

Noun

knekt m (definite singular knekten, indefinite plural knekter, definite plural knektene)

1. jack (playing card)

Alternative forms

• knekka, knekket

Verb

knekt

1. past participle of knekke

References

• “knekt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German knecht, from Old Saxon kneht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.

Noun

knekt m (definite singular knekten, indefinite plural knektar, definite plural knektane)

1. jack (playing card)

References

• “knekt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

en knekt (sense 1)

spader knekt [jack of spades] (sense 2)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German knecht, from Old Saxon kneht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: knäckt

Noun

knekt c

2. a (foot) soldier (especially in the medieval and early modern period)

   Synonym: (modern) (fot)soldat

4. (playing cards) jack; card ranking between the ten and queen (abbreviated Kn)

Usage notes

A knight is a riddare.

Declension

Declension of knekt

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	knekt	knekts
	definite	knekten	knektens
plural	indefinite	knektar	knektars
	definite	knektarna	knektarnas

Derived terms

• stridsknekt
• legoknekt

See also

Playing cards in Swedish · kort (layout · text)
ess, äss	tvåa, två	trea, tre	fyra	femma, fem	sexa, sex	sjua, sju
åtta	nia, nio	tia, tio	knekt	dam	kung	joker

Further reading

• knekt in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• knekt in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)