"Maat" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmaːt/ Audio: De-Maat.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Rhymes: -aːt Etymology: Via German Low German from Middle Low German māt, māte, from Old Saxon gimato, of West Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *gamatjô, itself from *ga- (“together”) + *matjô, from *matiz (“food”). Related to English mate, Dutch maat. Etymology templates: {{der|de|nds-de|-}} German Low German, {{der|de|gml|māt}} Middle Low German māt, {{der|de|osx|gimato}} Old Saxon gimato, {{der|de|gmw|-}} West Germanic, {{der|de|gem-pro|*gamatjô}} Proto-Germanic *gamatjô, {{cog|en|mate}} English mate, {{cog|nl|maat}} Dutch maat Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s,e:en}} Maat m (strong or mixed, genitive Maates or Maats, plural Maate or Maaten) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s,e:en}} Forms: Maates [genitive], Maats [genitive], Maate [plural], Maaten [plural], strong [table-tags], Maat [nominative, singular], Maate [definite, nominative, plural], Maaten [definite, nominative, plural], Maates [genitive, singular], Maats [genitive, singular], Maate [definite, genitive, plural], Maaten [definite, genitive, plural], Maat [dative, singular], Maate [dative, singular], Maaten [dative, definite, plural], Maat [accusative, singular], Maate [accusative, definite, plural], Maaten [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (nautical) mate (naval non-commissioned officer) Tags: masculine, mixed, strong Derived forms: Obermaat
    Sense id: en-Maat-de-noun-9qj-iQnU Categories (other): Nautical, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 43 43 12 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 39 19 2 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Topics: nautical, transport
  2. (nautical, Germany) a naval rank, “OR5” on the NATO rank scale Tags: Germany, masculine, mixed, strong
    Sense id: en-Maat-de-noun-fOD3kEfj Categories (other): German German, Nautical Topics: nautical, transport

Inflected forms

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