Kats
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as chats in 1204. Etymology unknown. Perhaps related to dialectal kats (“sludge, dirty gunk”). No relationship with dialectal kets (“road used to bring cattle to pasture”) or kade (“embankment”). Compare Kaatsheuvel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɑts/
- Hyphenation: Kats
- Rhymes: -ɑts
Proper noun
Kats n
- a village and former municipality of Noord-Beveland, Zeeland, Netherlands
Derived terms
- Katsenaar
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “kats”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kats]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Kats
- Rhymes: -ats
- Homophone: Katz
Noun
Kats