Schicht

See also: schicht

German

Etymology

From northern Middle High German schiht, from Middle Low German schicht, schichte, derived from the verb schichten (whence German schichten). Cognate with English shift.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃɪçt/
Rhymes: -ɪçt
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Noun

Schicht f (genitive Schicht, plural Schichten)

layer, stratum, seam
sheet, ply, coat (e.g. of paint)
class, stratum, group of people with a certain social status
shift (day's work period)
shift (the group of people who work a certain shift)
stint

Declension

Declension of Schicht [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Schicht	die	Schichten
genitive	einer	der	Schicht	der	Schichten
dative	einer	der	Schicht	den	Schichten
accusative	eine	die	Schicht	die	Schichten

Derived terms

Related terms

Schichtarbeit
Schichtarbeiter
Schichtdienst
Schichtwechsel

Descendants

→ Kashubian: szëchta

Further reading

“Schicht” in Duden online
“Schicht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Schicht”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃiçt/

Noun

Schicht f (plural Schichte)

layer

Further reading

Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Plautdietsch

Noun

Schicht f (plural Schichten)

layer, tier, coating, ply

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