Schach

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German schāch, from Arabic شاه (šāh), from Classical Persian شاه (šāh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /⁠šāh⁠/), from Old Persian 𐏋 ( /⁠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

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  • IPA(key): /ʃax/
  • Audio (Austria):(file)
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  • Rhymes: -ax

Noun

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Schach n (strong, genitive Schachs, plural Schachs)

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

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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

Noun

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

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

Further reading

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

Hunsrik

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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Schach n

  1. chess
    Schach spiele.
    To play chess.

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Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Schach n (uncountable)

  1. chess

Derived terms

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See also

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Chess pieces in Luxembourgish · Schachfiguren (Schach + Figuren) (layout · text)
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Kinnek Damm Tuerm Leefer Sprénger Bauer

Further reading

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  • Schach in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire