staart

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /staːrt/
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  • Hyphenation: staart
  • Rhymes: -aːrt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch stert, stāert, from Old Dutch *stert, from Proto-Germanic *stertaz.

Noun

staart m (plural staarten, diminutive staartje n)

  1. A tail on an animal.
    De kat zwiepte haar staart heen en weer.
    The cat flicked its tail back and forth.
  2. An object dangling like an animal's tail.
  3. A tailpiece, part at the end of something.
    De viool heeft een mooie houten staart.
    The violin has a beautiful wooden tailpiece.
  4. (uncountable) The last part or section of a sequence, the end.
  5. A pigtail, string of hair.
    Ze droeg haar haar in een strakke staart.
    She wore her hair in a tight pigtail.
Derived terms
plant and animal species
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: stert
  • Negerhollands: steert

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

staart

  1. inflection of staren:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. (archaic) plural imperative

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