sjakt

== Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Schacht (“shaft, mineshaft”), from Middle Low German schacht (“a shaft”), from Old Saxon skaft, from Proto-West Germanic *skaft (“shaft”), from Proto-Germanic *skaftaz (“shaft”), from Proto-Indo-European *skeh₂p- (“rod, shaft, staff, club”), potentially from the root *(s)ke(H)p- (“to strike, beat”). === Noun === sjakt f or m (definite singular sjakta or sjakten, indefinite plural sjakter, definite plural sjaktene) a shaft (such as a mineshaft; or lift shaft / elevator shaft) ==== Derived terms ==== heissjakt == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === sjakt f (definite singular sjakta, indefinite plural sjakter, definite plural sjaktene) a shaft ==== Derived terms ==== heisesjakt, heissjakt