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 Dutch schicht, English shift.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɪçt/
• Rhymes: -ɪçt

• Audio (Austria):

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Schicht f (genitive Schicht, plural Schichten)

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

   shift (the group of people who work a certain shift)

5. 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

• Außenschicht
• Dampfschicht
• Eisschicht
• Frühschicht
• Lackschicht
• Lehmschicht
• Mittelschicht
• Nachtschicht
• Oberschicht
• Rauchschicht
• Sandschicht
• Schlammschicht
• Schneeschicht
• Spätschicht
• Tagesschicht
• Unterschicht

Related terms

• Schichtarbeit
• Schichtarbeiter
• Schichtdienst
• Schichtwechsel

Descendants

• → Kashubian: szëchta
• → Polish: szychta

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)

1. layer

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Schicht”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German schicht, schichte.

Noun

Schicht f (plural Schichten)

1. layer, tier, coating, ply

Derived terms

• schichtwiess
• Schichtwolkj