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schaken

schaken

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