Sankt

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Danish

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Adjective

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Sankt

  1. Saint: title given to a saint.

Usage notes

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Abbreviated Skt.

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German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin sanctus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [zaŋkt]
  • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): [saŋkt] (Austria, Bavaria)

Adjective

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Sankt (indeclinable, predicative only)

  1. Saint: title given to a saint
    Synonym: heilig

Further reading

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  • Sankt” in Duden online
  • Sankt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Swedish

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Noun

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Sankt

  1. Saint: title given to a (male) saint.

Usage notes

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Abbreviated S:t

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Anagrams

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Yola

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English sanct, from Old English sanct, from Latin sanctus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /saŋkt/, /saŋk/, /sɔːn/

Noun

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Sankt

  1. Saint
    • 1867, “JAMEEN QOUGEELY EE-PEALTHE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 110, lines 1-2:
      Adh Sankt Josef's die, adh a patroon o' Kilmoor, Jameen Qougeely was ee-pealthe.
      At St. Joseph's-day, at the patron of Kilmore, James Cagley was beaten.

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 66