Staket

German

Alternative forms

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/
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Noun

Staket n (strong, genitive Staketes or Stakets, plural Stakete)

  1. slat fence

Declension
Declension of Staket [neuter, strong]
singular plural
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 rare, 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
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