German

Noun

Schacht m ‎(genitive Schachts or Schachtes, plural Schächte)

1. shaft, mineshaft (tunnel)

Declension

Descendants

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

German Low German

Alternative forms

• Schecht
• Skacht

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)

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

• scacht