Schaft

See also: schaft and -schaft

German

Etymology

From Middle High German schaft, from Old High German skaft, scaft, from Proto-West Germanic *skaft. Doublet of Schacht.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʃaft]
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Hyphenation: Schaft
Homophone: schafft

Noun

Schaft m (strong, genitive Schaftes or Schafts, plural Schäfte)

shaft (pole)
(clothing) upper (of a shoe), leg (of a boot)

Declension

Declension of Schaft [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schaft	die	Schäfte
genitive	eines	des	Schaftes, Schafts	der	Schäfte
dative	einem	dem	Schaft, Schafte¹	den	Schäften
accusative	einen	den	Schaft	die	Schäfte

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

“Schaft” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Schaft, Griff, Stiel, Stamm” in Duden online
“Schaft, Regal, Schrank” in Duden online

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