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Central Franconian
- Schät, Scheat (chiefly western Moselle Franconian variant)
Etymology
The expected outcome of Middle High German schade would be *šāt or *šāde. Schatte can only be derived from the variant schatwe, from earlier schatewe, *schadewe. Alternatively, it could be borrowed from German Schatten. This seems less likely, but might have occurred in order to avoid homophony with Schade (“damage”). In any case, eventually from Old High German scato, *scado.
Pronunciation
Noun
Schatte m (no plural)
- (many dialects) shadow; shade
Onger däm Boom derhenge kanns de dich en der Schatte setze.- You can go sit in the shade under that tree over there.
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
Noun
Schatte m (plural Schatte)
- shade, shadow
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Limburgish
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *skadu, from Proto-Germanic *skadwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱh₃-tús.
Pronunciation
Noun
Schatte m (uncountable) (Eupen)
- shade, shadow
- Synonyms: Schäëm, Schäën