Staket

German

Alternative forms

• Stakete (until 16^th century)

Etymology

Borrowed in the fifteenth century from Middle French estakette, estachette, derived from Old French estache (“pole, stake”), a Germanic borrowing equalling German Staken, English stake from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“pole, stick, stake”) from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“pole, stick, stake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtaˈkeːt/

Noun

Staket n (genitive Staketes or Stakets, plural Stakete)

1. slat fence

Descendants

• → Danish: staket, stakit
• → Polish: sztacheta
  • → Ukrainian: штахе́т (štaxét)
• → Russian: штаке́т (štakét)
• → Swedish: staket

Further reading

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