Schicht

Definitions of Schicht
  1. noun
    people having the same social, economic, or educational status
    synonyms: Gesellschaftsschicht
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    Welt
    people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest
    Bruderschaft, Club, Gilde, Innung, Klub, Verein, Zunft
    people engaged in a particular occupation
    Unterschicht
    the social class lowest in the social hierarchy
    Mittelschicht
    the social class between the lower and upper classes
    Unterwelt
    the criminal class
    Gesellschaft, Oberschicht
    the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy
    Akademie
    the academic world
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    Leute
    (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
  2. noun
    single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
    synonyms: Lage
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    Artefakt, Werk
    a man-made object taken as a whole
  3. noun
    the time period during which you are at work
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