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Schafott.

scaffold (for executing people)

8 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʃaˈfɔt/
  1. scaffold (for executing people)

    neuter · strong
Where this word comes from

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.

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