sjakt – Norwegian Bokmål noun declension

Norwegian Bokmål noun forms of sjakt

Noun: sjakt
Gender: Masculine, Feminine Hyphenation:

Indefinite

Sg.sjakt
Pl.sjakter

Definite

Sg.sjakta; sjakten
Pl.sjaktene

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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”). See: German Nouns 'Schacht'.

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