Stakete

German

Etymology

Byform of Staket, which see. Possibly a backformation from the plural Staketen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃtaˈkeːtə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eːtə

Noun

Stakete f (genitive Stakete, plural Staketen)

  1. a slat, picket, chiefly one used as fencing
    Synonym: Zaunlatte
  2. (figurative, dated) a tall, spindly woman
    • 1896, Theodor Fontane, Effi Briest‎[1], Berlin: F. Fontane & Co.:
      Hübsch sollen sie sein, weil es jeden Besucher, wenigstens die Männer, stört, eine lange Stakete mit griesem Teint und schwarzen Rändern in der Türöffnung erscheinen zu sehen, und ein wahres Glück, daß die Korridore meistens so dunkel sind.
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  3. archaic form of Staket n (“slat fence, picket fence”)
    Synonyms: Lattenzaun, Staketenzaun

Declension

Declension of Stakete [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Stakete die Staketen
genitive einer der Stakete der Staketen
dative einer der Stakete den Staketen
accusative eine die Stakete die Staketen

Noun

Stakete n pl

  1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Staket (“slat fence”)

Further reading

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