Kats

See also: kats and kats'

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as chats in 1204. Etymology unknown. Perhaps related to dialectal kats (“sludge, dirty gunk”). No relationship with dialectal kets (“road used to bring cattle to pasture”) or kade (“embankment”). Compare Kaatsheuvel.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɑts/
Hyphenation: Kats
Rhymes: -ɑts

Proper noun

Kats n

A village and former municipality of Noord-Beveland, Zeeland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

Katsenaar

References

van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “kats”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kats]
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: Kats
Rhymes: -ats
Homophone: Katz

Noun

Kats

plural of Kat
genitive singular of Kat