Knast

See also: knast

East Central German

Noun

Knast

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) hunger

Further reading

  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 74:

German

Etymology

Through Rotwelsch (thieves’ cant) from Yiddish קנס (knas, “a fine”), from Hebrew קְנָס (kənās, “a fine”).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “sense 2”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /knast/
  • (file)

Noun

Knast m (strong, genitive Knastes or Knasts, plural Knäste)

  1. (informal) jail, the nick, the slammer
    Synonyms: Gefängnis, Kittchen, Bau, (Austria) Häfen
  2. (colloquial, chiefly eastern Germany) hunger
    Knast haben ― to be hungry

Declension

Derived terms

  • Knastologe

Further reading

  • “Knast” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Knast” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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