Kajüte

From Middle Low German kajüte, which is probably borrowed from Middle Dutch kayhute, though the latter is attested somewhat later. Further origin unsettled; traditionally held to be of Old French origin, according to Watkins, possibly a mix of cabane + hutte. Other possibilities include cave (“hollow”) or Dutch kooi (“cage”), a doublet of it. Compare modern Dutch kajuit.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈjyːtə/

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Kajüte f (genitive Kajüte, plural Kajüten)

1. cabin, sleeping quarters (on a ship, barge, yacht, etc. for passengers and officers)

• More convenient cabins for high ranking officers and wealthy passengers are usually not called Kajüte, but Kabine, roughly "stateroom".

• → Czech: kajuta

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kajuit”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
• “cahoots”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

• “Kajüte” in Duden online
• “Kajüte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache