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skuta.

a smaller cargo ship with sails (and a motor)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. a smaller cargo ship with sails (and a motor)

    common-gender

  2. any (smaller) boat (with sails)

    colloquial · common-gender

  3. a loose boulder created during rock blasting

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish skuta, from Old Norse skúta, with an ablaut relation to Old Norse skjóta (“shooting”), probably relating to a forward going (“shooting”) stem. Cognate with Danish skude, Old Danish skudhæ, skutæ, Middle High German schûte. Compare Dutch schuit.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.