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Nachtschicht

German, noun[ˈnaxtˌʃɪçt]

Nachtschicht is a German feminine noun meaning “night shift” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Arbeitszeit, Dienst in der Nacht”.

What does Nachtschicht mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininenight shift

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Arbeitszeit, Dienst in der Nacht 2. die Gruppe der Arbeiter in einer Nachtschicht^([1])

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of Nachtschicht

  • Nachtschichten plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Nachtschicht?

  • [ˈnaxtˌʃɪçt]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is Nachtschicht in German?

Nachtschicht appears 2.2 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).