Schacht
See also: schacht
German
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle Low German schacht, from Old Saxon skaft, from Proto-West Germanic *skaft. Doublet of Schaft.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editSchacht m (strong, genitive Schachtes or Schachts, plural Schächte)
Declension
editDeclension of Schacht [masculine, strong]
Related terms
edit- Abwasserschacht
- Bergbauschacht
- Bergwerksschacht
- Betonschacht
- Bodenschacht
- Brunnenschacht
- Erdschacht
- Fahrstuhlschacht
- Grubenschacht
- Heizungsschacht
- Kabelschacht
- Kanalschacht
- Lichtschacht
- Luftschacht
- Lüftungsschacht
- Mauerschacht
- Schachtanlage
- Schachtaushub
- Schachtbreite
- Schachtdeckel
- Schachtdurchmesser
- Schachtlänge
- Schachtöffnung
- Schachtschließung
- Schachttiefe
- Schachtverbreiterung
- Schachtvertiefung
- Schachtzuschüttung
- Schornsteinschacht
- Straßenschacht
- Treppenschacht
- Tunnelschacht
- Ventilationsschacht
- Wetterschacht
Descendants
editFurther reading
editGerman Low German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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
edit- (northern German Low German) IPA(key): [ʃaxt]
- (Westphalian, Eastphalia, eastern Frisia) IPA(key): [skaxt]
- (Westphalian) IPA(key): [sxaxt]
Noun
editSchacht m
- (in several dialects, including Low Prussian) a shaft, a pole to which something is attached
- (in some dialects, including Low Prussian) a stalk (e.g. a beanstalk)
- (in some dialects, including Low Prussian) a cane, a stick
- (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 [the] shaft.)
- Ik hebbe Schacht kręgen.
- (in several dialects) a shaft, a tunnel driven vertically into the ground
- (in several dialects, including Low Prussian) a bootleg, the part of a boot which covers the shin and calf
Synonyms
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