schuit

Dutch

Alternative forms

• schuyt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch schute, from Old Dutch skūta. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sxœy̯t/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: schuit
• Rhymes: -œy̯t

Noun

schuit f (plural schuiten, diminutive schuitje n)

1. A boat or small ship, usually a flat-bottomed one used for inland navigation or less commonly for coastal navigation; a barge.

Derived terms

• bomschuit
• kaagschuit
• modderschuit
• schuitengat
• schuitenvoerder
• schuitjevaren
• schuitvormig
• trekschuit
• turfschuit
• vissersschuit
• zuipschuit

Descendants

• Afrikaans: skuit
• → English: schuyt

---

Middle English

Alternative forms

• scoute, skoute
• shoute, shute
• scut (> and = modern English)

Noun

schuit

1. A flat-bottomed boat, barge
2. The master of or other sailor on such a boat