Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

schottische

/ˈʃɑdɪʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables: schot-tische
IPA: /ˈʃɑdɪʃ/

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A partnered country dance resembling a slow polka, probably of German origin, first introduced in England in 1848.

noun

Music for the schottische.

verb

To dance a schottische.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"The aim of whose existence appears to be that of rattling through the polka or schottische with the velocity of a spinning jenny."
"[…] this abominable German usage we have imported—the polka and the schottish too […]"
"[…] I could never dare to face Madame Mélanie Duval, or the Semiramis of dancing mistresses, Madame Michau Adelaide—study the fashionable steps in secret, and then burst upon the world as an adept in the Schottische, the Cellarius, and the Deux Temps?"
"The ‘Polka tremblante’, or Schottisch, is also a Bohemian national dance, and was brought out in Paris by Cellarius in 1844."
"[…] the Schottische is very seldom danced now in its original form[…]"
"It so happened that Pippi was learning to dance the shottische^([sic]), and she didn't want to go to bed until she was sure she could do it."

Etymology

From German schottische (“Scottish”), as in der schottische Tanz (“the Scottish dance”). First attested in 1849. Doublet of Scottish, Scotch, and Scots. The Oxford English Dictionary comments that the “quasi-French pronunciation […] has no justification”.

Origin

Source language: German
First known use: First attested in 1849

Word Breakdown

Root: schottische

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈʃɑdɪʃ/
British English: /ʃɒˈtiːʃ/

Usage

Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

schottisches (plural) schottish (alternative) schottisch (alternative) schottisches (present, singular) schottisching (participle, present) schottisched (participle, past) schottisched (past)

Phrases

Highland Schottische Balmoral Schottische Military Schottische

Questions

How do you pronounce schottische?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʃɑdɪʃ/.
What does schottische mean?: A partnered country dance resembling a slow polka, probably of German origin, first introduced in England in 1848.
Where does schottische come from?: It is traced to German. First known use: First attested in 1849.

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