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) jack (playing card) ==== Alternative forms ==== knekka, knekket === Verb === knekt 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) jack (playing card) === References === “knekt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle Low German knecht, from Old Saxon kneht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht. === Pronunciation === Homophone: knäckt === Noun === knekt c a (foot) soldier (especially in the medieval and early modern period) Synonym: (modern) (fot)soldat (playing cards) jack; card ranking between the ten and queen (abbreviated Kn) ==== Usage notes ==== False friend of English knight. See riddare. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== stridsknekt legoknekt ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “knekt”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) knekt in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)