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schaats.

skate, ice skate

7 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/sxaːts/
  1. skate, ice skate

    feminine
  2. stilt

    archaic · feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch schāetse (“stilt”), from Old Northern French escache (“a stilt, trestle”), from Frankish *skakkjā (“stilt”, literally “thing that moves”), from the verb *skakan (“to shake”).

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