schakt
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Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Schacht, from Middle Low German schacht, from Old Saxon skaft, from Proto-Germanic *skaftaz. Doublet of skaft and skäkta.
Noun
schakt n
- a shaft (vertical passage)
Declension
Declension of schakt
Derived terms
- blindschakt (“blind shaft”)
- gruvschakt (“mine shaft”)
- hisschakt (“elevator shaft”)
- schaktugn (“shaft furnace”)
Noun
schakt c
- excavation (at a construction site)
- Synonym: schaktning
- an excavation (excavated area at a construction site)
- arbeta nere i schakten
- work down in the excavation
Declension
Declension of schakt
Related terms
See also
- schaktmaskin
- schaktmassa
- utgrävning (“(archeological) excavation”)
References
- schakt in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- schakt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- schakt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- schakt in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)