Schacht
German, noun/ʃaxt/
Schacht is spelled S-C-H-A-C-H-T (7 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written German, the 13,123rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schacht is a German masculine noun meaning “shaft, mineshaft (tunnel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “hohler, meist senkrechter Raum”.
What does Schacht mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshaft, mineshaft (tunnel)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. hohler, meist senkrechter Raum 2. vertikaler Grubenbau zu einem Stollen oder einer Strecke 3. Vereinigung von Handwerkern, die auf Wanderschaft sind oder waren
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 Schacht
- Schachtes genitive
- Schachts genitive
- Schächte plural
- Schachte dative singular
- Schächten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schacht?
- /ʃaxt/
- [ʃaxt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schacht
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schacht in German?
Schacht appears 4.6 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).