schaken

• IPA^(key): /ˈsxaː.kə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: scha‧ken
• Rhymes: -aːkən

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

schaken

1. (intransitive) to play chess

• schaker

Gerund of the verb schaken.

schaken n (uncountable)

1. (games) chess

From Middle Dutch schaken, procope of ontschaken.

schaken

1. (transitive, dated, chiefly of women) to kidnap, to ravish

   Een geschaakte bruid. ― A rapt bride.

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• Afrikaans: skaak

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.

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

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

From schâec +‎ -en.

schâken

1. to play chess
2. to put in check

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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

• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “schaken (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page III

• schac, schake, schakyn, shake, shaken
• ssake (Kent); scheken, sheke (West Midlands)

Inherited from Old English sċacan, sċeacan, from Proto-West Germanic *skakan, from Proto-Germanic *skakaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃaːkən/, /ˈʃakən/

schaken (third-person singular simple present schaketh, present participle schakynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative schok, past participle schaken)

1. To shake or quake:
   1. To vibrate, jitter, or tremble.
   2. To rock or agitate; to shake violently.
   3. (cooking) To mix or combine ingredients.
2. To cause to shake:
   1. To shake or agitate oneself.
   2. To remove by shaking; to shake off.
   3. (figuratively) To rid, cleanse or remove.
   4. (figuratively) To frighten or scare.
3. To brandish or swing a weapon.
4. To steal someone's clothing or effects.
5. To travel, depart or move.

• English: shake
• Middle Scots: schake, schaik, schack
  • Scots: shak, shake

• “shāken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.