Schacht

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German schacht, from Old Saxon skaft, from Proto-West Germanic *skaft. Doublet of Schaft.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaxt/
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Noun

Schacht m (strong, genitive Schachtes or Schachts, plural Schächte)

  1. shaft, mineshaft (tunnel)

Declension

Declension of Schacht
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Schacht die Schächte
genitive eines des Schachtes, Schachts der Schächte
dative einem dem Schacht, Schachte1 den Schächten
accusative einen den Schacht die Schächte

1Now rare, see notes.

Descendants

  • Russian: шахта (šaxta)
  • Serbo-Croatian: šaht

Further reading

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

German Low German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Low German schacht, from Old Saxon skaft, from Proto-West Germanic *skaft.

Cognate with Dutch Low Saxon skacht, Plautdietsch Schajcht (“legging”), English shaft, Swedish skaft and German Schaft. The sense "beating" is from the canes which were used to beat misbehaving pupils in 19th-century schools.

Pronunciation

Noun

Schacht m

  1. (in several dialects, including Low Prussian) a shaft, a pole to which something is attached
    1. (in some dialects, including Low Prussian) a stalk (e.g. a beanstalk)
  2. (in some dialects, including Low Prussian) a cane, a stick
  3. (in several dialects, including Low Prussian, by extension, used without article) a beating
    Ik hebbe Schacht kręgen.
    I have been beaten. (literally: I have gotten shaft.)
  4. (in several dialects) a shaft, a tunnel driven vertically into the ground
  5. (in several dialects, including Low Prussian) a bootleg, the part of a boot which covers the shin and calf

Synonyms

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