Geschäft

== Alemannic German == === Etymology === From Middle High German gescheft, from Old High German giscaft, from Proto-West Germanic *gaskafti. Cognate with German Geschäft. === Noun === Geschäft n (Uri) shop, store (Uri) business === References === Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 74. == German == === Alternative forms === Geschäfft (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle High German gescheft, from Old High German giscaft, from Proto-West Germanic *gaskafti. Cognate with Yiddish געשעפֿט (gesheft). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡəˈʃɛft/, [ɡəˈʃɛːft], [ɡəˈʃeːft] (Germany) IPA(key): /ɡeˈʃɛft/, [ɡ̥e-] (Austria) Hyphenation: Ge‧schäft Rhymes: -ɛft === Noun === Geschäft n (strong, genitive Geschäftes or Geschäfts, plural Geschäfte, diminutive Geschäftchen n or Geschäftlein n) shop, store (establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well) Synonyms: Laden, Ladengeschäft, Ladenlokal Hypernym: Geschäftsraum business business activity transaction ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Hungarian: seft → Polish: geszeft → Romanian: gheșeft (possibly) → Swedish: geschäft → Ukrainian: ґеше́фт (gešéft) (possibly) === Further reading === “Geschäft” in Duden online “Geschäft”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Geschäft”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891 == Luxembourgish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡəˈʃæft/ === Noun === Geschäft n (plural Geschäfter) shop transaction