kot

Meaning

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

Concepts

hovel

sty

den

kennel

doghouse

jeryhouse

ramshackle hut

Gender

Neuter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɔt/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch cot, cote, from Old Dutch [Term?] cota (in place names), kota (“little house”), 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.