schakt

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

1. a shaft (vertical passage)

Declension

Declension of schakt
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	schakt	schaktet	schakt	schakten
Genitive	schakts	schaktets	schakts	schaktens

Derived terms

• blindschakt (“blind shaft”)
• gruvschakt (“mine shaft”)
• hisschakt (“elevator shaft”)
• schaktugn (“shaft furnace”)

Noun

schakt c

1. excavation (at a construction site)

   Synonym: schaktning

2. an excavation (excavated area at a construction site)

   arbeta nere i schakten

   work down in the excavation

Declension

Declension of schakt
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	schakt	schakten	schakter	schakterna
Genitive	schakts	schaktens	schakters	schakternas

Related terms

• schakta
• schaktning

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)