schout

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch schout.

Noun

schout (plural schouts)

  1. (historical) A municipal officer in the North American Dutch colonies.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch schout, shortened from earlier scoutete, scouthete, from Old Dutch skolthēti, from Proto-West Germanic *skuldihaitijō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sxɑu̯t/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: schout
  • Rhymes: -ɑu̯t
  • Homophone: schoud

Noun

schout m (plural schouten, diminutive schoutje n)

  1. sheriff, bailiff

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: skout
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: skotu
  • Sranan Tongo: skowtu
    • Aukan: sikowtu
    • Saramaccan: sikooútu
    • → Caribbean Hindustani: skoutu, skotu
    • → Dutch: skotoe
    • → Trió: sikoutu
  • → Caribbean Javanese: sekaut, skaut
  • → English: schout
  • → Indonesian: sekaut
  • → Javanese: sekaut
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