Knecht, in German and Dutch, means a male servant. Etymologically, it is the cognate of English "knight".

It may also refer to:

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
• 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

Companies

• Gebr. Knecht AG, a Swiss bus transportation company