schakt

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

schakt n

1. a shaft (vertical passage)

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

schakt c

1. excavation (at a construction site)

   Synonym: schaktning

2. an excavation (excavated area at a construction site)

   arbeta nere i schakten

   work down in the excavation

• schakta
• schaktning

• schaktmaskin
• schaktmassa
• utgrävning (“(archeological) excavation”)

• 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)