schaken

Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aːkən

Etymology 1

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

Verb

schaken

  1. to play chess
Inflection
Inflection of schaken (weak)
infinitive schaken
past singular schaakte
past participle geschaakt
infinitive schaken
gerund schaken n
verbal noun
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
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Gerund of the verb schaken.

Noun

schaken n (uncountable)

  1. (games) chess

Etymology 3

Verb

schaken

  1. (archaic) to kidnap
    Een geschaakte bruid
Inflection
Inflection of schaken (weak)
infinitive schaken
past singular schaakte
past participle geschaakt
infinitive schaken
gerund schaken n
verbal noun
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.

Low German

Etymology

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

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

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

Conjugation


Middle Dutch

Etymology

From schâec + -en.

Verb

schâken

  1. to play chess
  2. to put in check

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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

Further reading

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