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. Doublet of Katafalk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaˈfɔt/

• Audio:

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Noun

Schafott n (strong, genitive Schafottes or Schafotts, plural Schafotte)

1. scaffold (for executing people)

Declension

Declension of Schafott [neuter, strong]

	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 rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Schafott” in Duden online
• “Schafott” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache