schakt

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Swedish[edit]

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schaktning

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German Schacht, from Middle Low German schacht, from Old Saxon skaft, from Proto-Germanic *skaftaz. Doublet of skaft and skäkta.

Noun[edit]

schakt n

a shaft (vertical passage)

Declension[edit]

Declension of schakt
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	schakt	schaktet	schakt	schakten
Genitive	schakts	schaktets	schakts	schaktens

Derived terms[edit]

blindschakt (“blind shaft”)
gruvschakt (“mine shaft”)
hisschakt (“elevator shaft”)
schaktugn (“shaft furnace”)

Noun[edit]

schakt c

excavation (at a construction site)
Synonym: schaktning
an excavation (excavated area at a construction site)
arbeta nere i schakten
work down in the excavation

Declension[edit]

Declension of schakt
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	schakt	schakten	schakter	schakterna
Genitive	schakts	schaktens	schakters	schakternas

Related terms[edit]

See also[edit]

schaktmaskin
schaktmassa
utgrävning (“(archeological) excavation”)

References[edit]

schakt in Svensk ordbok (SO)
schakt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
schakt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
schakt in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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