Schacht

See also: schacht

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German schacht, from Old Saxon skaft, from Proto-West Germanic *skaft. Doublet of Schaft.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaxt/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Schacht m (strong, genitive Schachtes or Schachts, plural Schächte)

1. shaft, mineshaft (tunnel)

Declension

Declension of Schacht [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schacht	die	Schächte
genitive	eines	des	Schachtes, Schachts	der	Schächte
dative	einem	dem	Schacht, Schachte1	den	Schächten
accusative	einen	den	Schacht	die	Schächte

¹Now rare, see notes.

Related terms

• 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

• Russian: шахта (šaxta)
• Serbo-Croatian: šaht

Further reading

• “Schacht” in Duden online
• “Schacht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

German Low German

Alternative forms

• Schecht
• Skacht

Etymology

From 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

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