"prætt" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Old English]

IPA: /prætt/, [præt]
Rhymes: -ætt Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *prattuz (“boastful talk; deceit, cunning, trick”). Cognate with Middle Dutch perte (“trick, stratagem”), Old West Norse prettr (Norwegian prette (“trick”)). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*prattuz||boastful talk; deceit, cunning, trick}} Proto-Germanic *prattuz (“boastful talk; deceit, cunning, trick”), {{cog|dum|perte||trick, stratagem}} Middle Dutch perte (“trick, stratagem”), {{cog|non-own|prettr}} Old West Norse prettr, {{cog|no|prette||trick}} Norwegian prette (“trick”) Head templates: {{ang-noun|m}} prætt m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|prætt|pratt}}, {{ang-decl-noun|prætt|prattas|prætt|prattas|prættes|pratta|prætte|prattum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], prætt [nominative, singular], prattas [nominative, plural], prætt [accusative, singular], prattas [accusative, plural], prættes [genitive, singular], pratta [genitive, plural], prætte [dative, singular], prattum [dative, plural]
  1. trick, prank, practical joke Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-prætt-ang-noun-nEvoWI9m Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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