Staket

German

Alternative forms

Stakete (until 16^th century)

Etymology

Borrowed in the fifteenth century from Middle French estakette, estachette, derived from Old French estache (“pole, stake”), a Germanic borrowing equalling German Staken, English stake from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“pole, stick, stake”) from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“pole, stick, stake”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃtaˈkeːt/

Noun

Staket n (genitive Staketes or Stakets, plural Stakete)

slat fence

Declension

Declension of Staket

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

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Descendants

→ Danish: staket, stakit
→ Polish: sztacheta
- → Ukrainian: штахе́т (štaxét)
→ Russian: штаке́т (štakét)
→ Swedish: staket

Further reading

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

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