Schachtel

German

1. eine Schachtel

Etymology

15th century, from Italian scatola, with metathesis from Latin castulum, itself a diminutive of Lombardic Old High German kasto. Hence a doublet of inherited Kasten as well as the later borrowing Schatulle. The -ch- is due to a Bavarian consonantal development, for which compare Spachtel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃaxtəl/, [ˈʃaχ.tl̩]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Schachtel f (genitive Schachtel, plural Schachteln, diminutive Schächtelchen n or Schächtlein n)

1. a small, usually square box, package or case
2. (vulgar, obsolete) vulva, vagina

   Synonym: Dose

3. (derogatory, chiefly in alte Schachtel) woman

Declension

Declension of Schachtel [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Schachtel	die	Schachteln
genitive	einer	der	Schachtel	der	Schachteln
dative	einer	der	Schachtel	den	Schachteln
accusative	eine	die	Schachtel	die	Schachteln

Derived terms

• alte Schachtel

See also

• Kasten
• Kiste
• Paket
• Verpackung

Further reading

• “Schachtel” in Duden online
• “Schachtel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Schachtel” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Schachtel”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃaxtl̩/

Noun

Schachtel f (plural Schachtle)

1. box

   Was is in de Schachtel?

   What is in the box?

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary