jacht
See also: Jacht
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jɑxt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: jacht
- Rhymes: -ɑxt
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch jacht, jaget, from Old Dutch *jagot, from Proto-West Germanic *jagōþu (“hunt, hunting”).
Noun
jacht f (uncountable)
- hunt, hunting
- chase, pursuit
Derived terms
- drijfjacht
- heksenjacht
- hertenjacht
- jachthuis
- jachtig
- jachtklok
- jachtopziener
- jachtseizoen
- jachtslot
- jachtsport
- jachttrofee
- jachtvliegtuig
- konijnenjacht
- koopjesjacht
- spokenjacht
- sportjacht
- trofeejacht
- walvisjacht
Descendants
- Afrikaans: jag
- Negerhollands: jaak, jak
Etymology 2
Probably a shortening of jachtschip, from jacht (“hunt”) or jachten (“to hurry”) + schip (“ship”). Ultimately from etymology 1.
Noun
jacht n (plural jachten, diminutive jachtje n)
- yacht (fast, light and now often luxurious (sailing) boat) [from early 16th c.]
- Synonyms: jachtschip, jachtschuit
Usage notes
- Previously jacht could also take the feminine gender in this meaning, after etymology 1; this usage is obsolete.
Derived terms
- adviesjacht
- jachthaven
- jachtschip
- jachtschuit
- jachtwerf
- motorjacht
- oorlogsjacht
- plezierjacht
- speeljacht
- zeiljacht
Descendants
- Afrikaans: jag
- → English: yacht
- → Danish: yacht
- → Faroese: jakt
- → Norwegian Bokmål: yacht
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: yacht
- → Swedish: yacht
- → German: Jacht, Yacht
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
jacht
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of jachten
- imperative of jachten
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈjɒxt]
- Hyphenation: jacht
- Rhymes: -ɒxt
Noun
jacht (plural jachtok)
- yacht (luxurious sailing boat)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | jacht | jachtok |
accusative | jachtot | jachtokat |
dative | jachtnak | jachtoknak |
instrumental | jachttal | jachtokkal |
causal-final | jachtért | jachtokért |
translative | jachttá | jachtokká |
terminative | jachtig | jachtokig |
essive-formal | jachtként | jachtokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | jachtban | jachtokban |
superessive | jachton | jachtokon |
adessive | jachtnál | jachtoknál |
illative | jachtba | jachtokba |
sublative | jachtra | jachtokra |
allative | jachthoz | jachtokhoz |
elative | jachtból | jachtokból |
delative | jachtról | jachtokról |
ablative | jachttól | jachtoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular | jachté | jachtoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural | jachtéi | jachtokéi |
Possessive forms of jacht | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | jachtom | jachtjaim |
2nd person sing. | jachtod | jachtjaid |
3rd person sing. | jachtja | jachtjai |
1st person plural | jachtunk | jachtjaink |
2nd person plural | jachtotok | jachtjaitok |
3rd person plural | jachtjuk | jachtjaik |
Further reading
- jacht in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Middle Low German
Alternative forms
- jâget
Etymology
From Old Saxon *jagōt, from Proto-West Germanic *jagōþu (“hunt, hunting”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jaxt/
Verb
jacht f
- a hunt
- a chase, a pursuit
- a fast ship (shortened from jachte/jachtschip)
Related terms
- jachteren
- jagen
- jachte
Descendants
- German Low German: Jaggt
- Plautdietsch: Jacht
- → Danish: jagt
- → Faroese: jakt
- → Kashubian: jachta
- → Latvian: jakts
- → Norwegian: jakt
- → Swedish: jakt
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch jaghte, from jaghtschip (“fast pirate ship”), from jacht (“hunt”) + schip.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jaxt/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -axt
- Syllabification: jacht
Noun
jacht m inan
- yacht
Declension
Declension of jacht
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | jacht | jachty |
genitive | jachtu | jachtów |
dative | jachtowi | jachtom |
accusative | jacht | jachty |
instrumental | jachtem | jachtami |
locative | jachcie | jachtach |
vocative | jachcie | jachty |
Further reading
- jacht in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- jacht in Polish dictionaries at PWN