Schach
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]Schach n (strong, genitive Schachs, plural Schachs)
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- Blitzschach
- Damenschach
- Dauerschach
- Doppelschach
- Reiseschach
- Schachanleitung
- Schachaufgabe
- Schachbrett
- Schachbuch
- Schachclub
- Schachfibel
- Schachfigur
- Schachgebot
- Schachgenie
- Schachgroßmeister
- Schachklub
- Schachländerkampf
- Schachmannschaft
- schachmatt
- Schachmeister
- Schachmeisterschaft
- Schacholympiade
- Schachpartie
- Schachproblem
- Schachspiel
- Schachspieler
- Schachsport
- Schachtisch
- Schachturnier
- Schachuhr
- Schachweltmeister
- Schachweltmeisterschaft
- Schachwettkampf
- Schachzug
- Schmachmatt
- Schnellschach
- Simultanschach
- Steckschach
- Vierschach
Descendants
[edit]- → Russian: шах (šax)
- → Armenian: շախ (šax)
- → Hungarian: sakk
- → Luxembourgish: Schach
- → Romanian: șah
- → Swedish: schack
Noun
[edit]Schach m (strong, genitive Schachs, plural Schachs or Schache)
Further reading
[edit]Hunsrik
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Schach n
- chess
- Schach spiele.
- To play chess.
Further reading
[edit]- Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Schach”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português[1] (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 138
Luxembourgish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From German Schach, from Classical Persian شاه (šāh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /šāh/), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/, “king”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Schach n (uncountable)
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Chess pieces in Luxembourgish · Schachfiguren (Schach + Figuren) (layout · text) | |||||
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Kinnek | Damm | Tuerm | Leefer | Sprénger | Bauer |
Further reading
[edit]- Schach in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire
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