Gschäft

Bavarian

Etymology

From Middle High German gescheft, from Old High German giscaft, from Proto-West Germanic *gaskafti, from Proto-Germanic *gaskaftiz, from *gaskapjaną, from *skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keb- (“to cut, split, hew, shape”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡ̥ʃe̞fd̥/

Noun

Gschäft n (plural Gschäftn or Gschäfte, diminutive Gschaftl or Gschäftl or Gschafterl or Gschäfterl)

1. shop, store
2. business
3. business activity
4. transaction

Related terms

• Gschaftlhuber
• gschaftln
• gschaftig