Gate

See also: gate, GATE, gâte, gatë, gåte, gatě, -gate, and gâté

English

Proper noun

Gate

  1. A ghost town in Scott County, Arkansas, United States.
  2. A tiny town in Beaver County, Oklahoma, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Thurston County, Washington, United States.

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Anagrams

German

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English gate, ultimately Proto-Germanic *gatą. Doublet of regional Gatt (“hole, eye”), from Low German. Probably also related with inherited Gasse (“lane”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɛɪ̯t/, /ɡeːt/
  • Hyphenation: Gate
  • Audio:(file)
  • Homophone: geht (monophthongal pronunciation)

Noun

Gate n (strong, genitive Gates, plural Gates)

  1. airport gate
Declension
Declension of Gate [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Gate die Gates
genitive eines des Gates der Gates
dative einem dem Gate den Gates
accusative ein das Gate die Gates

Further reading

  • “Gate” in Duden online

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hungarian gatya, from Serbo-Croatian gaće (“underpants”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡatə/
  • Rhymes: -atə
  • Hyphenation: Ga‧te
  • Homophone: Gatte

Noun

Gate f (genitive Gate, plural Gaten)

  1. (Austria, colloquial, obsolete) men's long underwear
Declension
Declension of Gate [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Gate die Gaten
genitive einer der Gate der Gaten
dative einer der Gate den Gaten
accusative eine die Gate die Gaten
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Gate” in Duden online
  • “Gate” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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