schackruta

Swedish

Etymology

schack (“chess”) +‎ ruta (“square”)

Noun

schackruta c

  1. a square on a chessboard
  2. a biscuit made of mördeg (“shortcrust”) (without egg) flavoured with vanilla and cocoa in a chequered pattern
    Hypernym: mördegskaka (“shortbread”)

Usage notes

The biscuit is commonly know by their plural name schackrutor.

Declension

Declension of schackruta
nominative genitive
singular indefinite schackruta schackrutas
definite schackrutan schackrutans
plural indefinite schackrutor schackrutors
definite schackrutorna schackrutornas

See also

  • schackrutig (“chequered”)

Further reading

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