schaats

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) skate, ice skate
2. (archaic,feminine) stilt

Verb

1. (first-person,form-of,indicative,present,singular) inflection of schaatsen:
2. (form-of,indicative,present,second-person,singular) inflection of schaatsen:
3. (form-of,imperative) inflection of schaatsen:

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sxaːts/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch schāetse (“stilt”), from Old Northern French escache (“a stilt, trestle”), from Frankish *skakkjā (“stilt”, literally “thing that moves”), from the verb *skakan (“to shake”).