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schat

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /sxɑt/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: schat
  • Rhymes: -ɑt

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch schat, from Old Dutch *skat, from Proto-West Germanic *skatt, from Proto-Germanic *skattaz.

Noun edit

schat m (plural schatten, diminutive schatje n)

  1. a treasure, amassed valuables
  2. a rich (varied, rare, large …) collection or find (regardless of intrinsic value)
  3. honey, darling, sweet person (term of endearment)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Afrikaans: skat
  • Negerhollands: skat
  • → Papiamentu: skat

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

schat

  1. inflection of schatten:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Middle Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Old Dutch *skat, from Proto-West Germanic *skatt.

Noun edit

schat m

  1. (amount of) money
  2. treasure, large amount of wealth
  3. treasury
  4. valuable
  5. estimate, appraisal

Inflection edit

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Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

Middle English edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old English sċeatt, sċeat.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

schat (Early Middle English)

  1. Money, cash, currency; monetary or fiscal wealth.
  2. Wares, possessions, property; that which is owned.
  3. (rare) A bit or section of something.

Descendants edit

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