jacht

See also: Jacht

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jɑxt/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: jacht
  • Rhymes: -ɑxt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch jacht, jaget, from Old Dutch *jagot, from Proto-West Germanic *jagōþu (“hunt, hunting”).

Noun

jacht f (uncountable)

  1. hunt, hunting
  2. chase, pursuit
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: jag
  • Negerhollands: jaak, jak

Etymology 2

Probably a shortening of jachtschip, from jacht (“hunt”) or jachten (“to hurry”) + schip (“ship”). Ultimately from etymology 1.

Noun

jacht n (plural jachten, diminutive jachtje n)

  1. yacht (fast, light and now often luxurious (sailing) boat) [from early 16th c.]
    Synonyms: jachtschip, jachtschuit
Usage notes
  • Previously jacht could also take the feminine gender in this meaning, after etymology 1; this usage is obsolete.
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

jacht

  1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of jachten
  2. imperative of jachten

Hungarian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈjɒxt]
  • Hyphenation: jacht
  • Rhymes: -ɒxt

Noun

jacht (plural jachtok)

  1. yacht (luxurious sailing boat)

Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative jacht jachtok
accusative jachtot jachtokat
dative jachtnak jachtoknak
instrumental jachttal jachtokkal
causal-final jachtért jachtokért
translative jachttá jachtokká
terminative jachtig jachtokig
essive-formal jachtként jachtokként
essive-modal — —
inessive jachtban jachtokban
superessive jachton jachtokon
adessive jachtnál jachtoknál
illative jachtba jachtokba
sublative jachtra jachtokra
allative jachthoz jachtokhoz
elative jachtból jachtokból
delative jachtról jachtokról
ablative jachttól jachtoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 jachté jachtoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 jachtéi jachtokéi
Possessive forms of jacht
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. jachtom jachtjaim
2nd person sing. jachtod jachtjaid
3rd person sing. jachtja jachtjai
1st person plural jachtunk jachtjaink
2nd person plural jachtotok jachtjaitok
3rd person plural jachtjuk jachtjaik

Further reading
  • jacht in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Middle Low German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Saxon *jagōt, from Proto-West Germanic *jagōþu (“hunt, hunting”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jaxt/

Verb

jacht f

  1. a hunt
  2. a chase, a pursuit
  3. a fast ship (shortened from jachte/jachtschip)

Descendants

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch jaghte, from jaghtschip (“fast pirate ship”), from jacht (“hunt”) + schip.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jaxt/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -axt
  • Syllabification: jacht

Noun

jacht m inan

  1. yacht

Declension
Declension of jacht
singular plural
nominative jacht jachty
genitive jachtu jachtów
dative jachtowi jachtom
accusative jacht jachty
instrumental jachtem jachtami
locative jachcie jachtach
vocative jachcie jachty

Further reading
  • jacht in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • jacht in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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