Schaft

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German schaft, from Old High German skaft, scaft, from Proto-West Germanic *skaft. Doublet of Schacht. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ʃaft] Hyphenation: Schaft Homophone: schafft Rhymes: -aft === Noun === Schaft m (strong, genitive Schaftes or Schafts, plural Schäfte) shaft (pole) (clothing) upper (of a shoe), leg (of a boot) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Schaft”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Schaft, Griff, Stiel, Stamm” in Duden online “Schaft, Regal, Schrank” in Duden online