Schafott

German

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaˈfɔt/

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Noun

Schafott n (genitive Schafotts or Schafottes, plural Schafotte)

1. scaffold (for executing people)

Further reading

• “Schafott” in Duden online