spaat

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German spāti, from Proto-Germanic *spēdiz. Cognate with German spät, Low German späd, archaic Dutch spade.

Adjective

spaat (comparative speeter)

  1. (Uri) late

References
  • “spaat” in Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 22.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Spat.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /spaːt/
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  • Hyphenation: spaat
  • Rhymes: -aːt

Noun

spaat n or f (plural spaten)

  1. spar

Derived terms
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