schots
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch schots, with further etymology unclear. Most likely from schot (“shot”) + -s, but with unclear development in meaning. Possibly from the strong verb schieten (“to shoot”), though that seems unlikely as the word is young and only found in Dutch. Probably not from the word Schots (“Scottish”), as the word is spelled with a final -s in even the oldest attestations, yet Schots used to be spelled with a final -sch.
Adjective edit
schots (comparative schotser, superlative meest schots or schotst)
- messy, disorderly
- Schots en scheef
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Inflection edit
| Inflection of schots | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | schots | |||
| inflected | schotse | |||
| comparative | schotser | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | schots | schotser | het schotst het schotste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | schotse | schotsere | schotste |
| n. sing. | schots | schotser | schotste | |
| plural | schotse | schotsere | schotste | |
| definite | schotse | schotsere | schotste | |
| partitive | schots | schotsers | — | |
Etymology 2 edit
From earlier schos, with further etymology unknown. Possibly from schors (“bark, outer layer”) with dialectal loss of ⟨r⟩ and later folk etymological addition of a ⟨t⟩, under influence of Etymology 1.
Noun edit
schots f (plural schotsen, diminutive schotsje n)