jacht

See also: Jacht

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɑxt/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: jacht
• Rhymes: -ɑxt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch jacht, jaget, from Old Dutch *jagot, from Proto-West Germanic *jagōþu (“hunt, hunting”).

Noun

jacht f (uncountable)

1. hunt, hunting
2. chase, pursuit

Derived terms

• drijfjacht
• heksenjacht
• hertenjacht
• jachthuis
• jachtig
• jachtklok
• jachtopziener
• jachtseizoen
• jachtslot
• jachtsport
• jachttrofee
• jachtvliegtuig
• konijnenjacht
• koopjesjacht
• spokenjacht
• sportjacht
• trofeejacht
• walvisjacht

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: jag
• Negerhollands: jaak, jak

Etymology 2

Probably a shortening of jachtschip, from jacht (“hunt”) or jachten (“to hurry”) + schip (“ship”). Ultimately from etymology 1.

Noun

jacht n (plural jachten, diminutive jachtje n)

1. yacht (fast, light and now often luxurious (sailing) boat) [from early 16th c.]

   Synonyms: jachtschip, jachtschuit

Usage notes

• Previously jacht could also take the feminine gender in this meaning, after etymology 1; this usage is obsolete.

Derived terms

• adviesjacht
• jachthaven
• jachtschip
• jachtschuit
• jachtwerf
• motorjacht
• oorlogsjacht
• plezierjacht
• speeljacht
• zeiljacht

Descendants

• Afrikaans: jag
• → English: yacht
  • → Danish: yacht
  • → Faroese: jakt
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: yacht
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: yacht
  • → Swedish: yacht
• → German: Jacht, Yacht

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

jacht

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of jachten
2. imperative of jachten

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjɒxt]
• Hyphenation: jacht
• Rhymes: -ɒxt

Noun

jacht (plural jachtok)

1. yacht (luxurious sailing boat)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	jacht	jachtok
accusative	jachtot	jachtokat
dative	jachtnak	jachtoknak
instrumental	jachttal	jachtokkal
causal-final	jachtért	jachtokért
translative	jachttá	jachtokká
terminative	jachtig	jachtokig
essive-formal	jachtként	jachtokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	jachtban	jachtokban
superessive	jachton	jachtokon
adessive	jachtnál	jachtoknál
illative	jachtba	jachtokba
sublative	jachtra	jachtokra
allative	jachthoz	jachtokhoz
elative	jachtból	jachtokból
delative	jachtról	jachtokról
ablative	jachttól	jachtoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	jachté	jachtoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	jachtéi	jachtokéi

Possessive forms of jacht
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	jachtom	jachtjaim
2nd person sing.	jachtod	jachtjaid
3rd person sing.	jachtja	jachtjai
1st person plural	jachtunk	jachtjaink
2nd person plural	jachtotok	jachtjaitok
3rd person plural	jachtjuk	jachtjaik

Further reading

• jacht in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Middle Low German

Alternative forms

• jâget

Etymology

From Old Saxon *jagōt, from Proto-West Germanic *jagōþu (“hunt, hunting”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaxt/

Verb

jacht f

1. a hunt
2. a chase, a pursuit
3. a fast ship (shortened from jachte/jachtschip)

Related terms

• jachteren
• jagen
• jachte

Descendants

• German Low German: Jaggt
• Plautdietsch: Jacht
• → Danish: jagt
• → Faroese: jakt
• → Kashubian: jachta
• → Latvian: jakts
• → Norwegian: jakt
• → Swedish: jakt

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch jaghte, from jaghtschip (“fast pirate ship”), from jacht (“hunt”) + schip.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaxt/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -axt
• Syllabification: jacht

Noun

jacht m inan

1. yacht

Declension

Declension of jacht

	singular	plural
nominative	jacht	jachty
genitive	jachtu	jachtów
dative	jachtowi	jachtom
accusative	jacht	jachty
instrumental	jachtem	jachtami
locative	jachcie	jachtach
vocative	jachcie	jachty

Further reading

• jacht in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• jacht in Polish dictionaries at PWN