staket

See also: stäket

Swedish

ett vitt staket

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German or German Staket, from Old French estachette, from Italian staccetta. Doublet of stake.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /staˈkeːt/

• Audio (Gotland); “ett staket”:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eːt

Noun

staket n

1. a fence, a railing

   Pojken sitter på staketet

   The boy is sitting on the fence

   1. a picket fence

Usage notes

See the usage notes for stängsel for how they differ.

Declension

Declension of staket

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	staket	stakets
	definite	staketet	staketets
plural	indefinite	staket	stakets
	definite	staketen	staketens

Derived terms

• järnstaket
• kravallstaket
• skyddsstaket
• snöstaket
• spjälstaket
• staketribba
• staketspjäla
• staketstolpe
• trästaket

See also

• grind (“gate”)
• plank
• stängsel

References

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

Anagrams

• kastet, takets