Knecht

{{wiktionarypar|Knecht}} '''Knecht''', in German and Dutch, means a male servant, especially a farmhand. Etymologically, it is the cognate of English "knight".

It may refer to:

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== People == *Bill Knecht (1930–1996), American rower *Dalton Knecht (born 2001), American basketball player *Émile Knecht (1923–2019), Swiss rower *Guillaume Knecht, rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s *Hans Knecht (1913–1996), Swiss road racing cyclist *John Knecht (born 1947), American filmmaker *Joseph Knecht (1864–1931), Austrian conductor *Justin Heinrich Knecht (1752–1817), German composer *Karl Kae Knecht (1883–1972), American artist *Peter Knecht (1936–2014), American attorney *Reuben Knecht Bachman (1834–1911), American politician *Robert Knecht (1926–2023), British historian *Katarína Knechtová (1981-), Slovak singer

== Companies == *Gebr. Knecht AG, a Swiss bus transportation company

== See also == *Kleinknecht, Wagenknecht *Knecht Ruprecht, companion of Saint Nicholas in German folklore *Knechtel, a surname

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