Kajüte

German

Etymology

From Middle Low German kajüte, which is probably borrowed from Middle Dutch kayhute, though the latter is attested somewhat later. Further origin unsettled; traditionally held to be of Old French origin, according to Watkins, possibly a mix of cabane + hutte. Other possibilities include cave (“hollow”) or Dutch kooi (“cage”), a doublet of it. Compare modern Dutch kajuit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈjyːtə/

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Noun

Kajüte f (genitive Kajüte, plural Kajüten)

1. cabin, sleeping quarters (on a ship, barge, yacht, etc. for passengers and officers)

Usage notes

• More convenient cabins for high ranking officers and wealthy passengers are usually not called Kajüte, but Kabine, roughly "stateroom".

Declension

Declension of Kajüte [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Kajüte	die	Kajüten
genitive	einer	der	Kajüte	der	Kajüten
dative	einer	der	Kajüte	den	Kajüten
accusative	eine	die	Kajüte	die	Kajüten

Descendants

• → Czech: kajuta

References

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kajuit”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
• “cahoots”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Further reading

• “Kajüte” in Duden online
• “Kajüte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache