Schacht

Meaning

shaft, mineshaft (tunnel)

Frequency

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃaxt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German schacht, from Old Saxon skaft, from Proto-West Germanic *skaft. Doublet of Schaft.

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Sentences

Aber ab Mitternacht ist Schicht im Schacht .

But from midnight onwards, there is a shift in the shaft.

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Schacht dient dem Transport der Bergleute , der andere nur zur Belüftung .

One shaft is used to transport the miners, the other only for ventilation.

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