knekt

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

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

1. jack (playing card)

• knekka, knekket

knekt

1. past participle of knekke

• “knekt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

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

1. jack (playing card)

• “knekt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

• Homophone: knäckt

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)

A knight is a riddare.

• stridsknekt
• legoknekt

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