Kattegat

English

Alternative forms

• Cattegat

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Kattegat (literally “cat's gate”), suggesting a narrow passage only a cat could squeeze through.

Proper noun

Kattegat

1. A body of water between Jutland and the Swedish mainland.

Translations

body of water

• Danish: Kattegat (da)
• Dutch: Kattegat n
• German: Kattegat (de) n, Kattegatt n
• Greek: Κάτεγατ (el) m (Kátegat)
• Old Norse: Jótlandshaf
• Russian: Ка́ттегат m (Káttegat)
• Swedish: Kattegatt (sv) n

Further reading

• Cattegat in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
• Cattegat in the 1921 edition of Collier's Encyclopedia.