Schafott
German
Etymology
16th century, at first in the more general sense of “stage, podium”, from Dutch schavot, from Middle Dutch scavot, scafaut, from Old French eschafaud, variant of chafaud, from Vulgar Latin *catafalicum, probably derived from Latin fala.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃaˈfɔt/
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Noun
Schafott n (genitive Schafotts or Schafottes, plural Schafotte)
- scaffold (for executing people)
Declension
Declension of Schafott
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | das | Schafott | die | Schafotte |
| genitive | eines | des | Schafottes, Schafotts | der | Schafotte |
| dative | einem | dem | Schafott, Schafotte1 | den | Schafotten |
| accusative | ein | das | Schafott | die | Schafotte |
1Now uncommon, see notes
Further reading
- Schafott in Duden online