schacht

See also: Schacht

Dutch

Alternative forms

• schaft (archaic; not for a person)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch schacht, from Old Dutch skaft, from Proto-West Germanic *skaft, from Proto-Germanic *skaftaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sxɑxt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑxt

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. (Belgium, university slang) A pledge, freshman, especially if subject to hazing

Derived terms

• (object): pijlschacht
• (access): mijnschacht
• (student slang): schachtendoop

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: schacht (dated)

Middle Low German

Alternative forms

• scacht

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (originally) IPA^(key): /skaxt/

Noun

schacht m

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

Descendants

• Dutch Low Saxon: schacht
• German Low German:

  Altmärkisch: Low German: Schecht, Schefft

  Westphalian:

  Dortmunder, Ravensbergisch, Westmünsterländisch: Schacht

  Dortmunder, Westmünsterländisch: Schaft

  Westmünsterländisch: Schach

• Plautdietsch: Scheft, Schajcht
• → Middle High German: schacht
  • Alemannic German: Schacht
  • German: Schacht
  • → Belarusian: шахта (šaxta)
  • → Czech: šachta
  • → Danish: skakt
  • → Esperanto: ŝakto
  • → Estonian: šaht
  • → Polish: szacht
    • → Russian: ша́хта (šáxta)
      • → Kazakh: шахта (şaxta)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: šȁht
  • → Swedish: schakt
  • → Ukrainian: шахта (šaxta)