Schildknecht
German, noun[ˈʃɪltknɛçt]
Schildknecht is spelled S-C-H-I-L-D-K-N-E-C-H-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 172,698th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schildknecht is a German masculine noun meaning “shield bearer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Schildknecht mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshield bearer
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Schildknecht
- Schildknechtes genitive
- Schildknechts genitive
- Schildknechte plural
- Schildknechten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schildknecht?
- [ˈʃɪltknɛçt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schildknecht
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schildknecht in German?
Schildknecht appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).