kåt

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kat"

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian katte (cognates include Föhr-Amrum North Frisian kaat and West Frisian kat), from Late Latin cattus (“domestic cat”), from Latin catta, from Afroasiatic; see English cat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɒt/

Noun

kåt f (plural kåte)

1. (Mooring) cat

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish kāter, from Old Norse kátr, from Proto-Germanic *kanhtaz. Cognate with Danish kåd, Norwegian Bokmål kåt and Norwegian Nynorsk kåt. Possibly also related to Latin gaudeō (“I rejoice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koːt/, [kʰoːt]
• Rhymes: -oːt

Adjective

kåt (comparative kåtare, superlative kåtast)

1. (colloquial, somewhat vulgar) horny (sexually aroused)

   Synonym: (humorous) pilsk (“randy”)

   1. (by extension, colloquial) who wants something very bad

      Sluta vara så jävla kåt på bollen och försvara istället!

      Stop fucking hogging the ball and defend instead!

2. (obsolete) (excessively) full of vitality, lively, giddy
3. (obsolete) happy, ebullient

Declension

Inflection of kåt
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	kåt	kåtare	kåtast
Neuter singular	kåt	kåtare	kåtast
Plural	kåta	kåtare	kåtast
Masculine plural3	kåte	kåtare	kåtast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	kåte	kåtare	kåtaste
All	kåta	kåtare	kåtaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Derived terms

(horny): kåtbock (“horndog”), kåtslag
(who wants something very bad): bollkåt, målkåt

Related terms

• kåthet (“horniness”)
• kättja (“lust”)

See also

• brunstig (“in heat, rutting”)

References

• kåt in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kåt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kåt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• kåt in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• åkt