schaak

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schaak

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• IPA^(key): /sxaːk/

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• Hyphenation: schaak
• Rhymes: -aːk

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]

schaak n (uncountable)

1. (games) chess
2. (position in chess) check

• schaakmat
• schaakstuk

• schaken
• schaker

• → Indonesian: sekak
• → Javanese: ꦱꦼꦏꦏ꧀ (sekak)
• → Papiamentu: skaf, skak, schaak

Chess pieces in Dutch · schaakstukken (schaak + stukken) (layout · text)
koning	koningin, dame	toren	loper, bisschop, raadsheer	paard	pion

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.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

schaak

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