Kats

See also: kats and katś

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as chats in 1204. Etymology unknown. Perhaps related to dialectal kats (“sludge, dirty gunk”). No relationship with dialectal kets (“road used to bring cattle to pasture”) or kade (“embankment”). Compare Kaatsheuvel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑts/
• Hyphenation: Kats
• Rhymes: -ɑts

Proper noun

Kats n

1. a village and former municipality of Noord-Beveland, Zeeland, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Katsenaar

References

• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “Kats”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎ (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kats]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Kats
• Rhymes: -ats
• Homophone: Katz

Noun

Kats

1. plural of Kat
2. genitive singular of Kat