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. Doublet of Katafalk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaˈfɔt/
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Noun

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

  1. scaffold (for executing people)

Declension

Declension of Schafott [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Schafott die Schafotte
genitive eines des Schafottes, Schafotts der Schafotte
dative einem dem Schafott, Schafotte1 den Schafotten
accusative ein das Schafott die Schafotte

1Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

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