schat

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

schat m (plural schatten, diminutive schatje n)

  1. treasure
  2. honey, darling, sweet person
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

schat

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

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *skat, from Proto-Germanic *skattaz.

Noun

schat m

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

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Dutch: schat
  • Limburgish: sjat

Further reading

  • “scat”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “schat”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
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