sjakt

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schacht (“shaft, mineshaft”), from Middle Low German schacht (“a shaft”), from Old Saxon skaft, from Proto-West Germanic *skaft (“shaft”), from Proto-Germanic *skaftaz (“shaft”), from Proto-Indo-European *skeh₂p- (“rod, shaft, staff, club”), potentially from the root *(s)ke(H)p- (“to strike, beat”).

Noun

sjakt f or m (definite singular sjakta or sjakten, indefinite plural sjakter, definite plural sjaktene)

1. a shaft (such as a mineshaft; or lift shaft / elevator shaft)

Derived terms

• heissjakt

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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Noun

sjakt f (definite singular sjakta, indefinite plural sjakter, definite plural sjaktene)

1. a shaft

Derived terms

• heisesjakt, heissjakt