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Schacht

Schacht

See also: schacht

German

Noun

Schacht m (genitive Schachts or Schachtes, plural Schächte)

  1. shaft, mineshaft (tunnel)

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Descendants


German Low German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Low German schacht, from Old Saxon skaft, from Proto-Germanic *skaftaz. Cognate with 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

  • (northern German Low German) IPA(key): [ʃaxt]
  • (Westphalia, Eastphalia, eastern Frisia) IPA(key): [skaxt]
  • (Westphalia) IPA(key): [sxaxt]

Noun

Schacht m

  1. (in several dialects, including Low Prussian) a shaft, a pole to which something is attached
    1. (in some dialects, including Low Prussian) a stalk (e.g. a beanstalk)
  2. (in some dialects, including Low Prussian) a cane, a stick
  3. (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.)
  4. (in several dialects) a shaft, a tunnel driven vertically into the ground
  5. (in several dialects, including Low Prussian) a bootleg, the part of a boot which covers the shin and calf

Synonyms

  • (shaft): Schecht
  • (bootleg): Schecht

See also

  • Dutch Low Saxon: skacht
  • Plautdietsch: Schajcht (legging)

schacht

schacht

See also: Schacht

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • schaft (archaic; not for a person)

Noun

schacht m (plural schachten, diminutive schachtje n)

  1. A shaft, a pole-shaped object or part of one, e.g. a handle
  2. A shaft, an access opening
  3. (college) A pledge, freshman, especially if subject to hazing

Derived terms

  • (object): pijlschacht
  • (access): mijnschacht
  • (college): schachtendoop

Middle Low German

Pronunciation

  • (originally) IPA(key): /skaxt/

Etymology

From Old Saxon skaft, from Proto-Germanic *skaftaz.

Noun

schacht m

  1. a shaft, a pole upon which something is attached
  2. a shaft, a tunnel driven vertically into the ground

Alternative forms