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
- Außenschicht
- Dampfschicht
- Eisschicht
- Frühschicht
- Lackschicht
- Lehmschicht
- Mittelschicht
- Nachtschicht
- Oberschicht
- Rauchschicht
- Sandschicht
- Schlammschicht
- Schneeschicht
- Spätschicht
- Tagesschicht
- Unterschicht
Related terms
- Schichtarbeit
- Schichtarbeiter
- Schichtdienst
- Schichtwechsel
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