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Dutch
Etymology
Compound of schijn + offer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsxɛi̯nˌɔ.fər/
- Hyphenation: schijn‧of‧fer
Noun
schijnoffer n (plural schijnoffers)
- (chess) a sham sacrifice
- (religion) a false or apparent sacrifice (act of sacrificial offering where a substitute is offered, or where the aspect of sacrifice is entirely fictive)
- a fake sacrifice (unreal act of surrendering something valuable)