Schacht

German Low German

[ʃaxt], [skaxt], [sxaxt]

noun
Definitions
  • (in several dialects, including) a shaft, a pole to which something is attached
  • (in some dialects, including) a cane, a stick
  • (in several dialects, including) a beating
  • (in several dialects) a shaft, a tunnel driven vertically into the ground
  • (in several dialects, including) a bootleg, the part of a boot which covers the shin and calf

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Low German schacht inherited from Old Saxon skaft inherited from Proto-Germanic *skaftaz (pole, shaft).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*skaftaz

Gloss

pole, shaft

Concept
Semantic Field

The house

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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