skakt

Danish

Etymology

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

Noun

skakt c (singular definite skakten, plural indefinite skakter or skakte)

1. a shaft (vertical passage, e.g. a well, elevator, chute)

Inflection

Declension of skakt

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skakt	skakten	skakter skakte	skakterne skaktene
genitive	skakts	skaktens	skakters skaktes	skakternes skaktenes

Derived terms

• elevatorskakt
• kælderskakt
• mineskakt
• affaldsskakt

References

• “skakt” in Den Danske Ordbog