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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsxaː.kə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: scha‧ken
  • Rhymes: -aːkən

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch schâken. Equivalent to schaak +‎ -en.

Verb edit

schaken

  1. (intransitive) to play chess
Inflection edit
Inflection of schaken (weak)
infinitive schaken
past singular schaakte
past participle geschaakt
infinitive schaken
gerund schaken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular schaak schaakte
2nd person sing. (jij) schaakt schaakte
2nd person sing. (u) schaakt schaakte
2nd person sing. (gij) schaakt schaakte
3rd person singular schaakt schaakte
plural schaken schaakten
subjunctive sing.1 schake schaakte
subjunctive plur.1 schaken schaakten
imperative sing. schaak
imperative plur.1 schaakt
participles schakend geschaakt
1) Archaic.
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Gerund of the verb schaken.

Noun edit

schaken n (uncountable)

  1. (games) chess

Etymology 3 edit

From Middle Dutch schaken, procope of ontschaken.

Verb edit

schaken

  1. (transitive, dated, chiefly of women) to kidnap, to ravish
    Een geschaakte bruid.A rapt bride.
Inflection edit
Inflection of schaken (weak)
infinitive schaken
past singular schaakte
past participle geschaakt
infinitive schaken
gerund schaken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular schaak schaakte
2nd person sing. (jij) schaakt schaakte
2nd person sing. (u) schaakt schaakte
2nd person sing. (gij) schaakt schaakte
3rd person singular schaakt schaakte
plural schaken schaakten
subjunctive sing.1 schake schaakte
subjunctive plur.1 schaken schaakten
imperative sing. schaak
imperative plur.1 schaakt
participles schakend geschaakt
1) Archaic.
Synonyms edit
Descendants edit
  • Afrikaans: skaak

Low German edit

Etymology edit

From Old Saxon skakan, from Proto-Germanic *skakaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keg- (to shake, stir), *(s)kek-. Cognate with English shake, Dutch schaken, West Frisian schaakje, Danish skage, Norwegian skake, Swedish skaka.

Verb edit

schaken (past singular schaak, past participle schaken, auxiliary verb wesen or hebben)

  1. to move, shift
  2. to push, shake

Conjugation edit

Middle Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From schâec +‎ -en.

Verb edit

schâken

  1. to play chess
  2. to put in check

Inflection edit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants edit

  • Dutch: schaken
  • Limburgish: sjake (with unetymological a rather than expected ao)

Further reading edit