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Danish
Adjective
Sankt
- Saint: title given to a saint.
Usage notes
Abbreviated Skt.
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References
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sanctus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
Sankt (indeclinable, predicative only)
- Saint: title given to a saint
- Synonym: heilig
Further reading
- “Sankt” in Duden online
- “Sankt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Swedish
Noun
Sankt
- Saint: title given to a (male) saint.
Usage notes
Abbreviated S:t
See also
Anagrams
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English sanct, from Old English sanct, from Latin sanctus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saŋkt/, /saŋk/, /sɔːn/
Noun
Sankt
- Saint
1867, “JAMEEN QOUGEELY EE-PEALTHE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 110, lines 1-2:Adh Sankt Josef's die, adh a patroon o' Kilmoor, Jameen Qougeely was ee-pealthe.- At St. Joseph's-day, at the patron of Kilmore, James Cagley was beaten.
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 66