Hausknecht
German, noun[ˈhaʊ̯sˌknɛçt]
Hausknecht is spelled H-A-U-S-K-N-E-C-H-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 187,243rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hausknecht is a German masculine noun meaning “manservant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Diener für Arbeiten im Haus”.
What does Hausknecht mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemanservant
- 2
datedmasculineboots (in a guesthouse etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Diener für Arbeiten im Haus
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Hausknecht
- Hausknechtes genitive
- Hausknechts genitive
- Hausknechte plural
- Hausknechten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hausknecht?
- [ˈhaʊ̯sˌknɛçt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Hausknecht in German?
Hausknecht appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).