schat

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Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /sxɑt/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: schat
  • Rhymes: -ɑt

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch schat, from Old Dutch *skat, from Proto-West Germanic *skatt, from Proto-Germanic *skattaz.

Noun[edit]

schat m (plural schatten, diminutive schatje n)

  1. a treasure, amassed valuables
  2. a rich (varied, rare, large …) collection or find (regardless of intrinsic value)
  3. honey, darling, sweet person (term of endearment)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Afrikaans: skat
  • Negerhollands: skat
  • → Papiamentu: skat

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

schat

  1. inflection of schatten:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Middle Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Dutch *skat, from Proto-West Germanic *skatt.

Noun[edit]

schat m

  1. (amount of) money
  2. treasure, large amount of wealth
  3. treasury
  4. valuable
  5. estimate, appraisal

Inflection[edit]

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Further reading[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old English sċeatt, sċeat.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

schat (Early Middle English)

  1. Money, cash, currency; monetary or fiscal wealth.
  2. Wares, possessions, property; that which is owned.
  3. (rare) A bit or section of something.

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