Schicht

From northern Middle High German schiht, from Middle Low German schicht, schichte, derived from the verb schichten (whence German schichten). Cognate with Dutch schicht, English shift.

• IPA^(key): /ʃɪçt/
• Rhymes: -ɪçt

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Schicht f (genitive Schicht, plural Schichten)

1. layer, stratum, seam
2. sheet, ply, coat (e.g. of paint)
3. class, stratum, group of people with a certain social status
4. shift (day's work period)

   shift (the group of people who work a certain shift)

5. stint

• Schichtarbeit
• Schichtarbeiter
• Schichtdienst
• Schichtwechsel

• → Kashubian: szëchta
• → Polish: szychta

• “Schicht” in Duden online
• “Schicht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Schicht”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

• IPA^(key): /ʃiçt/

Schicht f (plural Schichte)

1. layer

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Schicht f (plural Schichten)

1. layer, tier, coating, ply