schaak

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sxaːk/
  • Audio (Netherlands):(file)
  • Audio (Belgium):(file)
  • Hyphenation: schaak
  • Rhymes: -aːk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch schaec, from Old French escac or directly from Medieval Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه (šāh), from Classical Persian شاه (šāh, “king”).[1]

Noun

schaak n (uncountable)

  1. (games) chess
  2. (position in chess) check
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: skaak
  • → Indonesian: sekak
  • → Javanese: ꦱꦼꦏꦏ꧀ (sekak)
  • → Papiamentu: skaf, skak, schaak
See also
Chess pieces in Dutch · schaakstukken (schaak + stukken) (layout · text)
koning koningin, dame toren loper, bisschop, raadsheer paard pion

Interjection

schaak

  1. check; said when one can strike the opponent's king in chess, but the opponent can still make moves to prevent the king from being taken.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

schaak

  1. inflection of schaken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

References

  1. ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
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