"Schicht" meaning in German

See Schicht in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʃɪçt/ Audio: De-at-Schicht.ogg [Austria], De-Schicht.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Rhymes: -ɪçt Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|schiht}} Middle High German schiht, {{der|de|gml|schicht}} Middle Low German schicht, {{m+|de|schichten}} German schichten, {{cog|nl|schicht}} Dutch schicht, {{cog|en|shift}} English shift Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Schicht f (genitive Schicht, plural Schichten) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Schicht [genitive], Schichten [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Schicht [nominative, singular], Schichten [definite, nominative, plural], Schicht [genitive, singular], Schichten [definite, genitive, plural], Schicht [dative, singular], Schichten [dative, definite, plural], Schicht [accusative, singular], Schichten [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. layer, stratum, seam Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Schicht-de-noun-JzVXCZZJ
  2. sheet, ply, coat (e.g. of paint) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Schicht-de-noun-i~uQtaUv
  3. class, stratum, group of people with a certain social status Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Schicht-de-noun-QHfYAFPe
  4. shift (day's work period, the group of people who work a certain shift) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Schicht-de-noun-QIES0ydO Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 23 18 11 37 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 9 23 4 51 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 28 2 58 7
  5. stint Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Schicht-de-noun-9hN8AwOG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Schichtarbeit, Schichtarbeiter, Schichtdienst, Schichtwechsel

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Außenschicht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Dampfschicht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Eisschicht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Frühschicht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Lackschicht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Lehmschicht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Mittelschicht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Nachtschicht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Oberschicht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Rauchschicht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Sandschicht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Schlammschicht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Schneeschicht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Spätschicht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Staubschicht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Tagesschicht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Unterschicht"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Kashubian",
      "lang_code": "csb",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "szëchta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "szychta"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "schiht"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German schiht",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "schicht"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German schicht",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "schichten"
      },
      "expansion": "German schichten",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "schicht"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch schicht",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "shift"
      },
      "expansion": "English shift",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Schicht",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schichten",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schicht",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schichten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schicht",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schichten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schicht",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schichten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schicht",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schichten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Schicht f (genitive Schicht, plural Schichten)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Schichtarbeit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Schichtarbeiter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Schichtdienst"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Schichtwechsel"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "layer, stratum, seam"
      ],
      "id": "en-Schicht-de-noun-JzVXCZZJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "layer",
          "layer"
        ],
        [
          "stratum",
          "stratum"
        ],
        [
          "seam",
          "seam"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sheet, ply, coat (e.g. of paint)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Schicht-de-noun-i~uQtaUv",
      "links": [
        [
          "sheet",
          "sheet"
        ],
        [
          "ply",
          "ply"
        ],
        [
          "coat",
          "coat"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "class, stratum, group of people with a certain social status"
      ],
      "id": "en-Schicht-de-noun-QHfYAFPe",
      "links": [
        [
          "class",
          "class"
        ],
        [
          "stratum",
          "stratum"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "23 18 11 37 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 23 4 51 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 28 2 58 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              14,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1982, “Currywurst”, Diether Krebs, Horst-Herbert Krause (lyrics), performed by Herbert Grönemeyer:",
          "text": "Kommste vonne Schicht / Wat schönret gibt et nich' / Als wie Currywurst",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "shift (day's work period, the group of people who work a certain shift)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Schicht-de-noun-QIES0ydO",
      "links": [
        [
          "shift",
          "shift"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "stint"
      ],
      "id": "en-Schicht-de-noun-9hN8AwOG",
      "links": [
        [
          "stint",
          "stint"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃɪçt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪçt"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-at-Schicht.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5b/De-at-Schicht.ogg/De-at-Schicht.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/De-at-Schicht.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Austria"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Schicht.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/af/De-Schicht.ogg/De-Schicht.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/De-Schicht.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Schicht"
}
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    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German feminine nouns",
    "German lemmas",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms derived from Middle Low German",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:German/ɪçt",
    "Rhymes:German/ɪçt/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Außenschicht"
    },
    {
      "word": "Dampfschicht"
    },
    {
      "word": "Eisschicht"
    },
    {
      "word": "Frühschicht"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lackschicht"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lehmschicht"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mittelschicht"
    },
    {
      "word": "Nachtschicht"
    },
    {
      "word": "Oberschicht"
    },
    {
      "word": "Rauchschicht"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sandschicht"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schlammschicht"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schneeschicht"
    },
    {
      "word": "Spätschicht"
    },
    {
      "word": "Staubschicht"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tagesschicht"
    },
    {
      "word": "Unterschicht"
    }
  ],
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      "lang": "Kashubian",
      "lang_code": "csb",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "szëchta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German schicht",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "schichten"
      },
      "expansion": "German schichten",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "schicht"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch schicht",
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  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Schicht",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schichten",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schicht",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schichten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schicht",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schichten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schicht",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schichten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schicht",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schichten",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Schichtarbeit"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schichtarbeiter"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schichtdienst"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schichtwechsel"
    }
  ],
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        "layer, stratum, seam"
      ],
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        ],
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          "stratum",
          "stratum"
        ],
        [
          "seam",
          "seam"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
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      ],
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          "sheet",
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        [
          "ply",
          "ply"
        ],
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          "coat",
          "coat"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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          "stratum",
          "stratum"
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      ],
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          "text": "Kommste vonne Schicht / Wat schönret gibt et nich' / Als wie Currywurst",
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          "shift",
          "shift"
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        "feminine"
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          "stint",
          "stint"
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        "feminine"
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/ʃɪçt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪçt"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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        "Berlin"
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  "word": "Schicht"
}

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