Staket
German
Alternative forms
- Stakete (until 16th century)
Etymology
Borrowed in the fifteenth century from Middle French estakette, estachette, derived from Old French estache (“pole, stake”), a Germanic borrowing equalling German Staken, English stake from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“pole, stick, stake”) from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“pole, stick, stake”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃtaˈkeːt/
Noun
Staket n (genitive Staketes or Stakets, plural Stakete)
- slat fence
Declension
Declension of Staket
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | das | Staket | die | Stakete |
genitive | eines | des | Staketes, Stakets | der | Stakete |
dative | einem | dem | Staket, Stakete1 | den | Staketen |
accusative | ein | das | Staket | die | Stakete |
1Now uncommon, see notes
Descendants
- → Danish: staket, stakit
- → Polish: sztacheta
- → Ukrainian: штахе́т (štaxét)
- → Russian: штаке́т (štakét)
- → Swedish: staket
Further reading
- Staket in Duden online
- “Staket” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache