Schacht

schacht German Etymology de gem-pro de gml schacht, from de osx skaft, from de gmw-pro *skaft. de Schaft. Pronunciation de /ʃaxt/ de De-Schacht.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun m,(e)s,^e shaft, mineshaft tunnel Declension m,(e)s,^e Hyponyms de Abwasserschacht Betonschacht Bergbauschacht Bergwerksschacht Bodenschacht Brunnenschacht Erdschacht Fahrstuhlschacht Grubenschacht Heizungsschacht Kabelschacht Kanalschacht Lichtschacht Luftschacht Lüftungsschacht Mauerschacht Schornsteinschacht Straßenschacht Treppenschacht Tunnelschacht Ventilationsschacht Wetterschacht Related terms de Schachtanlage Schachtaushub Schachtbreite Schachtdeckel Schachtdurchmesser Schachtlänge Schachtöffnung Schachtschließung Schachttiefe Schachtverbreiterung Schachtvertiefung Schachtzuschüttung Descendants ru шахта sh šaht Further reading Low German Alternative forms nds Schecht nds Skacht Etymology nds gem-pro 1 From nds gml schacht, from nds osx skaft, from nds gmw-pro *skaft. Cognate with nds-nl skacht, pdt Schajcht legging, en shaft, sv skaft and de Schaft. The sense "beating" is from the canes which were used to beat misbehaving pupils in 19th-century schools. Pronunciation nds [ʃaxt] northern German Low German nds [skaxt] Westphalia,Eastphalia,eastern Frisia nds [sxaxt] Westphalia Noun m nds GLG nds in several dialects, including _ Low Prussian a shaft, a pole to which something is attached nds in some dialects, including _ Low Prussian a stalk e.g. a beanstalk nds in some dialects, including _ Low Prussian a cane, a stick nds 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. nds in several dialects a shaft, a tunnel driven vertically into the ground nds in several dialects, including _ Low Prussian a bootleg, the part of a boot which covers the shin and calf Synonyms shaft nds Schecht bootleg nds Schecht