schaft

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɑft === Verb === schaft inflection of schaffen: second/third-person singular present indicative (archaic) plural imperative inflection of schaften: first/second/third-person singular present indicative imperative == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old English sċeaft (“shaft”), from Proto-West Germanic *skaft, from Proto-Germanic *skaftaz. ==== Alternative forms ==== schafte, scheft, shaft, shafte, sheft, sschaft saft, scaft, scæft (Early Middle English) chafte, schafft, shaffet, shafft (Late Middle English) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ʃaft/ ==== Noun ==== schaft (plural schaftes) A long, thin supporting object: a pole or beam: A weapon's shaft; the body of a long weapon. The handle or pole of a bladed tool or implement. A flagstaff; the pole of a flag or banner. (rare) The stem of a candleholder. A polearm or arrow; a shafted weapon. The trunk of a tree or plant. (rare) A tunnel or passage (e.g. a mineshaft). (rare) A kind of balance or scale. (rare) A ray or pillar of light. ===== Derived terms ===== spere schaft ===== Descendants ===== English: shaft Middle Scots: schaft, shaft Scots: shaft ===== References ===== “shaft(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 August 2019. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== schaft alternative form of chaft === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== schaft alternative form of schafte (“creation”)