kåt

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kat"

North Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Frisian katte. Cognates include West Frisian kat.

Noun

kåt f (plural kåte)

(Mooring) cat

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /koːt/, [kʰoːt]
Rhymes: -oːt
Hyphenation: kåt

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse kátr (“happy, cheerful”), from Proto-Germanic *kanhtaz (“happy, glad”), of uncertain further origin. Kroonen tentatively connects the Proto-Germanic form with *genk- (“to gladden, rejoice”).

Compare Norwegian Nynorsk kåt, Icelandic kátur, Faroese kátur, Swedish kåt and Danish kåd.

Adjective

kåt (neuter singular kåt, definite singular and plural kåte, comparative kåtere, indefinite superlative kåtest, definite superlative kåteste)

(rare) lively, frisky, high-spirited, merry; exuberant or playful
en kåt unghest ― a frisky young horse

kalvene danset kåte omkring ― the calves danced friskily around
- 1874, Henrik Ibsen, Peer Gynt, page 64:
  hugen sturen, og tanken kåd
  the spirit gloomy, and the thought merry
- 1911, Sigrid Undset, Jenny, page 364:
  han lo litt – kaadt og smertelig paa en gang
  he laughed a little — merrily and painfully at the same time
- 1920, Sigrid Undset, Kransen, page 327:
  han bar sig som en kaat gut
  he behaved like a high-spirited boy
1. (rare, of speech or remarks) saucy, cheeky, flippant
  være kåt i munnen — to be saucy or flippant in one's speech
  - 1920, Sigrid Undset, Kransen, page 342:
    [Erlend] svarte kaat paa skjemten og lo meget
    [Erlend] replied saucily to the joke and laughed a great deal
(obsolete, of wind, water, snow, etc.) wild, restless, lively; moving, scattering, or leaping about
- 1875, Henrik Ibsen, Digte, page 3:
  de kåde vinde
  the wild winds
- 1903, Otto Sverdrup, Nyt Land, volume II, page 56:
  bække og elve bruste kaade og vilde udover stup og styrtninger
  brooks and rivers roared wild and untamed over drops and falls
(colloquial) horny; sexually aroused or desirous
de ble kåte og ville ― they became horny and wild

kåt på/etter — sexually attracted to; horny for

Synonym: geil
- 1898, Hans E. Kinck, Hugormen, page 11:
  grahestene stod kaate paa staldene
  the stallions stood horny in the stables
- 1966, Jens Bjørneboe, Uten en tråd, page 63:
  jeg følte meg glad og rolig, og svært kåt
  I felt happy and calm, and very horny
- 1978, Ebba Haslund, Behag og bedrag, page 120:
  ikke tent på eller kåt på eller ungpikeforelsket, men glad i
  not turned on by or horny for or infatuated like a young girl, but fond of
- 2001, Vigdis Hjorth, Om bare, page 282:
  Ida vil ligge med Arnold, hun går og er kåt på Arnold
  Ida wants to sleep with Arnold; she is walking around horny for Arnold
(colloquial, figuratively) strongly eager, keen, or desirous
kåt på/etter — strongly eager for; keen on

Han var kåt på nye utfordringer. ― He was eager for new challenges.
- 1957, Paul Gjesdahl, Premièrer og portretter, page 149:
  stakkars Olsen er så kåt etter å bli med på jobbingen at han formelig snubler ned i forbrytelsen
  poor Olsen is so eager to get in on the scheme that he practically stumbles into the crime
- 2009, Kjetil Stensvik Østli, Politi og røver:
  mange politimenn er jo like kåt på action som oss
  many police officers are just as hungry for action as we are
(colloquial, in compounds) excessively eager for or strongly inclined toward what the first element denotes
en PR-kåt politiker ― a publicity-hungry politician

Derived terms

kåte (“to arouse; to act friskily”)
kåthet (“friskiness; horniness”)
kåtskap (“friskiness; horniness”)
kåtmunnet (“saucy, flippant in speech”)
munnkåt (“saucy, flippant in speech”)
kampkåt (“eager for a fight or competition”)
maktkåt (“power-hungry”)
mediekåt (“eager for media attention”)
pengekåt (“money-hungry”)
PR-kåt (“publicity-hungry”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kåt

imperative of kåte (“to arouse; to act friskily”)

References

“kåt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“kåt” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*kanhta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic, Leiden/Boston: Brill, page 279.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish kāter, from Old Norse kátr, from Proto-Germanic *kanhtaz. Cognate with Danish kåd, Norwegian Bokmål kåt and Norwegian Nynorsk kåt. Possibly also related to Latin gaudeō (“to rejoice”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /koːt/, [kʰoːt]
Rhymes: -oːt

Adjective

kåt (comparative kåtare, superlative kåtast)

(colloquial, somewhat vulgar) horny (sexually aroused)
Synonym: (humorous) pilsk (“randy”)
- 1996, Björn Rosenström, “Ragnar”, in Låtar som är sådär [Songs that are so-so]‎^[1]:
  Ni har hört låten om Lennart, men ni har inte hört den om hans bror. Han heter Ragnar. Tillverkar vagnar. Han bor i Flen, men han har ett problem. Ragnar är översexuell, -sexuell. Han är kåt som ett djur. Han får sitta i bur. Han vill våldta och antasta allt som han ser, och när han har gjort det så ber han om mer. Stackars Ragnar kastreras ska, men det är nog lika bra. Ni förstår, hans rekord ingen slår. Han har haft stake i femton år.
  You've heard the song about Lennart, but you haven't heard the one about his brother. His name is Ragnar. Makes wagons. He lives in Flen, but he has a problem. Ragnar is oversexed, -sexed. He's horny as an animal. He has to sit in a cage. He wants to rape and molest everything that he sees, and when he's done so, he asks for more. Poor Ragnar is going to be castrated, but that's probably just as well. You see, no one beats his record. He's had a hard-on for fifteen years.
1. (by extension, colloquial) who wants something very bad
  Sluta vara så jävla kåt på bollen och försvara istället!
  Stop fucking hogging the ball and defend instead!
(obsolete) (excessively) full of vitality, lively, giddy
(obsolete) happy, ebullient

Declension

Inflection of **kåt**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	kåt	kåtare	kåtast
neuter singular	kåt	kåtare	kåtast
plural	kåta	kåtare	kåtast
masculine plural²	kåte	kåtare	kåtast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	kåte	kåtare	kåtaste
all	kåta	kåtare	kåtaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

(horny): kåtbock (“horndog”), kåtslag
(who wants something very bad): bollkåt, målkåt

Related terms

kåthet (“horniness”)
kättja (“lust”)

References

“kåt”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
“kåt”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
“kåt”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
kåt in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

åkt