Schafott

German

Etymology

16th century, at first in the more general sense of “stage, podium”, from Dutch schavot, from Middle Dutch scavot, scafaut, from Old French eschafaud, variant of chafaud, from Vulgar Latin *catafalicum, probably derived from Latin fala.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃaˈfɔt/
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Noun

Schafott n (genitive Schafotts or Schafottes, plural Schafotte)

  1. scaffold (for executing people)

Declension
Declension of Schafott
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Schafott die Schafotte
genitive eines des Schafottes,
Schafotts		 der Schafotte
dative einem dem Schafott,
Schafotte1		 den Schafotten
accusative ein das Schafott die Schafotte
1Now uncommon, see notes

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