Chat

See also: Appendix:Variations of "chat"

German

Ein Chat

Etymology

Borrowed from English chat, ultimately sound imitative.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃɛt/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: Jet (nonstandard)

Noun

Chat m (strong, genitive Chats, plural Chats)

1. A chat, exchange of text or voice messages in real time, notably by Internet

Declension

Declension of Chat [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Chat	die	Chats
genitive	eines	des	Chats	der	Chats
dative	einem	dem	Chat	den	Chats
accusative	einen	den	Chat	die	Chats

Related terms

• chatten (verb)

Further reading

• “Chat” in Duden online