Schafott

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German

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Etymology

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16th century, at first in the more general sense of “stage, podium”, from Dutch schavot, from Middle Dutch scavot, scafaut, from Old French eschafaud, variant of chafaud, from Vulgar Latin *catafalicum, probably derived from Latin fala. Doublet of Katafalk.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʃaˈfɔt/
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Noun

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Schafott n (strong, genitive Schafottes or Schafotts, plural Schafotte)

  1. scaffold (for executing people)

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Schafott” in Duden online
  • Schafott” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache