Schuft
See also: schuft
German edit
Etymology edit
According to Kluge, borrowed from Middle Low German schūvūt (“eagle owl”) (itself onomatopoetic in origin). The word may have been applied to criminals because, like the bird, they shy away from the light of day.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Schuft m (strong, genitive Schuftes or Schufts, plural Schufte)
Declension edit
Declension of Schuft [masculine, strong]
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Schuft” in Duden online
- “Schuft” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (2002) “Schuft”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 24th edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
Plautdietsch edit
Noun edit
Schuft m (plural Schuften)