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staart.

a tail on an animal

6 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/staːrt/

  1. a tail on an animal

    masculine
    De kat zwiepte haar staart heen en weer.

  2. an object dangling like an animal's tail

    masculine

  3. a tailpiece, part at the end of something

    masculine
    De viool heeft een mooie houten staart.

  4. the last part or section of a sequence, the end

    masculine · uncountable

  5. a pigtail, string of hair

    masculine
    Ze droeg haar haar in een strakke staart.
Where this word comes from

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

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