"schout" meaning in Dutch

See schout in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /sxɑu̯t/ Audio: Nl-schout.ogg Forms: schouten [plural], schoutje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -ɑu̯t Etymology: From Middle Dutch schout, shortened from earlier scoutete, scouthete, from Old Dutch skolthēti, from Proto-West Germanic *skuldihaitijō. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|schout}} Middle Dutch schout, {{inh|nl|odt|skolthēti}} Old Dutch skolthēti, {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*skuldihaitijō}} Proto-West Germanic *skuldihaitijō Head templates: {{nl-noun|m|-en|+}} schout m (plural schouten, diminutive schoutje n)
  1. sheriff, bailiff Tags: masculine Related terms: skotoe
    Sense id: en-schout-nl-noun-RqKmZxfl Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "word": "skout"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Berbice Creole Dutch",
      "lang_code": "brc",
      "word": "skotu"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Aukan",
          "lang_code": "djk",
          "word": "sikowtu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Saramaccan",
          "lang_code": "srm",
          "word": "sikooútu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Caribbean Hindustani",
          "lang_code": "hns",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "skoutu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Caribbean Hindustani",
          "lang_code": "hns",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "skotu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "lang_code": "nl",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "skotoe"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Trió",
          "lang_code": "tri",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "sikoutu"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
      "lang_code": "srn",
      "word": "skowtu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Caribbean Javanese",
      "lang_code": "jvn",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "sekaut"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Caribbean Javanese",
      "lang_code": "jvn",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "skaut"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "schout"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "sekaut"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "lang_code": "jv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "sekaut"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "schout"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch schout",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "skolthēti"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch skolthēti",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*skuldihaitijō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *skuldihaitijō",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch schout, shortened from earlier scoutete, scouthete, from Old Dutch skolthēti, from Proto-West Germanic *skuldihaitijō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "schouten",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "schoutje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "schout m (plural schouten, diminutive schoutje n)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "schout"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sheriff, bailiff"
      ],
      "id": "en-schout-nl-noun-RqKmZxfl",
      "links": [
        [
          "sheriff",
          "sheriff"
        ],
        [
          "bailiff",
          "bailiff"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "skotoe"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sxɑu̯t/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-schout.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/72/Nl-schout.ogg/Nl-schout.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Nl-schout.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑu̯t"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "schoud"
    }
  ],
  "word": "schout"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "word": "skout"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Berbice Creole Dutch",
      "lang_code": "brc",
      "word": "skotu"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Aukan",
          "lang_code": "djk",
          "word": "sikowtu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Saramaccan",
          "lang_code": "srm",
          "word": "sikooútu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Caribbean Hindustani",
          "lang_code": "hns",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "skoutu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Caribbean Hindustani",
          "lang_code": "hns",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "skotu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "lang_code": "nl",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "skotoe"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Trió",
          "lang_code": "tri",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "sikoutu"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
      "lang_code": "srn",
      "word": "skowtu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Caribbean Javanese",
      "lang_code": "jvn",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "sekaut"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Caribbean Javanese",
      "lang_code": "jvn",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "skaut"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "schout"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "sekaut"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "lang_code": "jv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "sekaut"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "schout"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch schout",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "skolthēti"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch skolthēti",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*skuldihaitijō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *skuldihaitijō",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch schout, shortened from earlier scoutete, scouthete, from Old Dutch skolthēti, from Proto-West Germanic *skuldihaitijō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "schouten",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "schoutje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "schout m (plural schouten, diminutive schoutje n)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "schout"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "skotoe"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
        "Dutch lemmas",
        "Dutch masculine nouns",
        "Dutch nouns",
        "Dutch nouns with plural in -en",
        "Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch",
        "Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch",
        "Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
        "Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
        "Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Dutch terms with homophones",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Dutch/ɑu̯t",
        "Rhymes:Dutch/ɑu̯t/1 syllable"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sheriff, bailiff"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sheriff",
          "sheriff"
        ],
        [
          "bailiff",
          "bailiff"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sxɑu̯t/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-schout.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/72/Nl-schout.ogg/Nl-schout.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Nl-schout.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑu̯t"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "schoud"
    }
  ],
  "word": "schout"
}

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