schout

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch schout.

Noun

schout (plural schouts)

1. (historical) A municipal officer in the North American Dutch colonies.

Anagrams

• chouts, couths, tochus

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch schout, shortened from earlier scoutete, scouthete, from Old Dutch skolthēti, from Proto-West Germanic *skuldihaitijō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sxɑu̯t/

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• Hyphenation: schout
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯t

Noun

schout m (plural schouten, diminutive schoutje n)

1. sheriff, bailiff

Related terms

• skotoe

Descendants

• Afrikaans: skout
• Berbice Creole Dutch: skotu
• Sranan Tongo: skowtu
  • Aukan: sikowtu
  • Saramaccan: sikooútu
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: skoutu, skotu
  • → Dutch: skotoe
  • → Trió: sikoutu
• → Caribbean Javanese: sekaut, skaut
• → English: schout
• → Indonesian: sekaut
• → Javanese: sekaut