Kat
See also: Appendix:Variations of "kat"
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æt
Proper noun
Kat
- A short form of the female given names Katharine and Katherine.
- 1991, Margaret Atwood, Wilderness Tips, →ISBN, page 36:
- During her childhood she was a romanticized Katherine, dressed by her misty-eyed, fussy mother in dresses that looked like ruffled pillowcases. By high school she'd shed the frills and emerged as a bouncy, round-faced Kathy - - - At university she was Kath, blunt and no-bullshit in her Take-Back-the-Night jeans and checked shirt - - - When she ran away to England, she sliced herself down to Kat. It was economical, street-feline, and pointed as a nail.
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See also
- List at "Catherine"
Anagrams
- ATK, TKA, Tak, tak
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kat]
Audio (Berlin) (file) - Hyphenation: Kat
- Rhymes: -at
Noun
Kat m (strong, genitive Kats or Kat, plural Kats)
- (automotive, informal) Clipping of Katalysator (“catalytic converter”).
Declension
Declension of Kat [masculine, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Kat | die | Kats |
| genitive | eines | des | Kats, Kat | der | Kats |
| dative | einem | dem | Kat | den | Kats |
| accusative | einen | den | Kat | die | Kats |
Further reading
- “Kat” in Duden online
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabic قَات (qāt).
Noun
Kat n (strong, genitive Kats or Kat, no plural)
- khat (drug produced from Catha edulis)
Declension
Declension of Kat [sg-only, neuter, strong]
| singular | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | das | Kat |
| genitive | eines | des | Kats, Kat |
| dative | einem | dem | Kat |
| accusative | ein | das | Kat |
Alternative forms
- Qat
See also
- Kathstrauch
Further reading
- “Kat” in Duden online
Saterland Frisian
n'Kat.
Etymology
From Old Frisian katte, from Proto-West Germanic *kattā. Cognates include West Frisian kat and German Katze.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkat/
- Hyphenation: Kat
- Rhymes: -at
Noun
Kat m (plural Katte)
- cat (Felis catus)
Synonyms
- Púus
Derived terms
- Katule
References
- Marron C. Fort (2015), “Kat”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN