schuit

== English == === Alternative forms === schuyt, skoot, skuyt === Etymology === From Dutch schuit. Compare shout ("flat-bottomed boat"), scout (“swift sailing boat”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /skɔɪt/ Rhymes: -ɔɪt === Noun === schuit (plural schuits) A flat-bottomed Dutch river-boat; a barge. === Anagrams === tuchis == Dutch == === Alternative forms === schuyt (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle Dutch schute, from Old Dutch skūta. Cognate with Middle Low German schûte (“a type of boat or light ship”). Perhaps tied to Proto-Germanic *skeutaz (“quick”), thus making it related to Old Norse skúta (“a small craft or cutter”), Old Norse skjótr (“quick”), Old English sċēot (“quick, ready”), Dutch schieten (“to shoot”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sxœy̯t/ Hyphenation: schuit Rhymes: -œy̯t === Noun === schuit f (plural schuiten, diminutive schuitje n) a boat or small ship, usually a flat-bottomed one used for inland navigation or less commonly for coastal navigation; a barge ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: skuit → English: schuyt → Indonesian: sekoci == Middle English == === Alternative forms === scoute, skoute shoute, shute scut (> and = modern English) === Noun === schuit A flat-bottomed boat, barge The master of or other sailor on such a boat