Staket

German

Etymology

Ca. 1500, borrowed along the Lower Rhine from Middle Dutch staecket, itself from Old French estakete, estachette, derived from estache (“pole, stake”). Doublet of Stake, which see for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtaˈkeːt/

• Audio:

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Noun

Staket n (strong or mixed, genitive Stakets or Staketes, plural Stakete or Staketen)

1. slat fence, picket fence

   Synonyms: Lattenzaun, Staketenzaun

2. (less common) Alternative form of Stakete f (“a slat, picket used as fencing”)

   Synonym: Zaunlatte

Declension

Declension of Staket [neuter, strong // mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Staket	die	Stakete, Staketen
genitive	eines	des	Stakets, Staketes	der	Stakete, Staketen
dative	einem	dem	Staket, Stakete1	den	Staketen
accusative	ein	das	Staket	die	Stakete, Staketen

¹Now rare, see notes.

Related terms

• Stack
• Stake

Descendants

• → Polish: sztacheta
  • → Ukrainian: штахе́т (štaxét)
• → Russian: штаке́т (štakét)

Further reading

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