Knacht
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East Central German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German knëht, from Old High German kneht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.
Noun[edit]
Knacht m
- (Erzgebirgisch) male servant, menial, especially on a farm
- (Erzgebirgisch) serf, subordinate, someone unfree who serves another
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Alfred Müller, Volkslieder aus dem Erzgebirge, P. 219
- Manfred Blechschmidt, Behüt eich fei dos Licht Ein Weihnachtsbuch des Erzgebirges P. 82
- Pfarrer Wild'sche und einige andre Gedichte, P. 11
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- East Central German terms inherited from Middle High German
- East Central German terms derived from Middle High German
- East Central German terms inherited from Old High German
- East Central German terms derived from Old High German
- East Central German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- East Central German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- East Central German lemmas
- East Central German nouns
- East Central German masculine nouns
- Erzgebirgisch
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