schots

See also: Schots

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sxɔts/
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Hyphenation: schots
Rhymes: -ɔts
Homophone: Schots

Etymology 1

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

schots (comparative schotser, superlative meest schots or schotst)

messy, disorderly
Schots en scheef
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Declension

Declension 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

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

schots f (plural schotsen, diminutive schotsje n)

floe, ice floe

Derived terms

ijsschots