kot

Meaning

1. (neuter) bad, ramshackle housing
2. (neuter) rudimentary building to store (garden) material
3. (Belgium, neuter) student room

Concepts

hovel

sty

den

ramshackle hut

jeryhouse

kennel

doghouse

Synonyms

krot

hok

kooi

huis

🏠

rothuis

kavalje

bed

🛏️

barak

barakken

hol

🕳️

hut

kamer

kazerne

keet

hutje

Translations

casebre

koter

choça

🛖

baufälliges Haus

cabana

Hütte

🛖

Bretterbude

quarter

Seemannslied

armselige Hütte

Baracke

Shanty

bicoque

case

🛖

Schuppen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɔt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: cot

In summary

From Middle Dutch cot, cote, from Old Dutch [Term?] cota (in place names), kota (“little house”), from Proto-West Germanic *kautā, from Proto-Germanic *kutą (“shed”).

Sentences

Als student heeft hij ieder jaar in een ander kot gezeten .

As a student, he spent every year in a different loft.

Ik studeer op kot tijdens de examens .

I study at Kot during the exams.