Schach

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See also: s'chach

German

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Etymology

From Middle High German schāch, from Arabic شاه (šāh), from Classical Persian شاه (šāh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /⁠šāh⁠/), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /⁠xšāyaθiya⁠/, “king”). Doublet of Check, Schah, and Scheck.

Oriental words were usually borrowed into Middle High German through Italian or Old French. Therefore the final /x/ is remarkable, because this sound was replaced with /k/ in Italian scacco, Old French échec. There are two possible explanations for this: Either the word was borrowed directly from Arabic during the early Crusades, or it was borrowed through Middle Dutch schaec and the -ch goes back to artificial reproduction of the High German consonant shift (as happened in several other words).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃax/
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  • Rhymes: -ax

Noun

Schach n (strong, genitive Schachs, plural Schachs)

  1. chess (game)
  2. check (chess situation in which the king is directly threatened)

Declension

Declension of Schach
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Schach die Schachs
genitive eines des Schachs der Schachs
dative einem dem Schach den Schachs
accusative ein das Schach die Schachs

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Russian: шах (šax)
    • → Armenian: շախ (šax)
  • → Hungarian: sakk
  • → Luxembourgish: Schach
  • → Romanian: șah
  • → Swedish: schack

Noun

Schach m (strong, genitive Schachs, plural Schachs or Schache)

  1. Obsolete form of Schah (“Persian or, by extension, other Oriental ruler”).

Further reading

  • “Schach” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Schach” in Duden online

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

Noun

Schach n

  1. chess
    Schach spiele.
    To play chess.

Further reading

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German Schach, from Classical Persian شاه (šāh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /⁠šāh⁠/), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /⁠xšāyaθiya⁠/, “king”).

Pronunciation

Noun

Schach n (uncountable)

  1. chess

See also

Chess pieces in Luxembourgish · Schachfiguren (Schach + Figuren) (layout · text)
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