schoot

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sxoːt/

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• Hyphenation: schoot
• Rhymes: -oːt
• Homophone: Schoot

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch schote, schuete, the same as scheut.

Noun

schoot m (plural schoten, diminutive schootje n)

1. the act(ivity) of shooting
2. (metonymic) a shot; the projectile; the range

   Synonym: schot

3. a vegetal shoot

   Synonym: scheut

4. (figuratively) various movements
5. a shot, some liquid (especially liquor) poured in one movement
6. a wedge

Derived terms

• binnenschoots (adjective)
• bovenschoot m
• buitenschoots (adjective)
• dagschoot m
• dubbelschoot m
• grondschoot m
• kanonschoot m
• klavierschoot m
• musketschoot m
• nachtschoot m
• noodschoot m
• onderschoot m
• overschoot m
• rimpelschoot m
• schootbrood, schootjesbrood n
• schootevischje n
• schootharing m
• schootkant
• schootsafstand
• schootshoek m
• schootslijn
• schootslot n
• schootsrichting
• schootstafel
• schootsverheid
• schootsvlak n
• schootvrij (adjective)
• schootwater n
• schotig (adjective)
• snapschoot m

Related terms

• geschut
• schutter

Descendants

• Afrikaans: skoot

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch schoot, from Old Dutch *skōt, from Proto-Germanic *skautaz.

Noun

schoot m (plural schoten, diminutive schootje n)

1. lap, upper leg

   De Madonna met het kindje Jezus op haar schoot wordt "zetel der Wijsheid" genoemd.

   The Madonna with baby Jesus on her lap is called the "seat of Wisdom".

2. womb

   Want U hebt mijn nieren geschapen, mij in de schoot van mijn moeder geweven.

   For you formed my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb.

3. (figuratively) various corresponding parts of certain vestments, animals and objects
4. sheet (certain ropes used in sailing)
5. (obsolete, occurs in toponyms) a raised patch of sandy soil jutting out from the lowlands

Derived terms

lap

• frakschoot
• in de schoot geworpen krijgen
• moederschoot
• plooischoot
• schootachtig
• schoothond
• schootkatje
• schootkind
• schootkleed
• schootrijmpje
• schootsvel
• schootzoon
• schoten
• tailleschoot
• voorschoot

sheet

• ruimschoots
• ruimschotig

types of sheet

• bezaansschoot
• binnenschoot
• boomschoot
• bramschoot
• bramzeilsschoot
• buitenschoot
• fokkeschoot
• marsschoot
• marszeilsschoot
• springschoot
• waterschoot

Descendants

• Afrikaans: skoot
• Negerhollands: skoot, skot
• → Papiamentu: skochi (from the diminutive)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

schoot

1. singular past indicative of schieten