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schachern

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German

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Etymology

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17th century, borrowed from Yiddish סחרן (sakhern, to do business), derived from Hebrew סחר (sáḥar, trade). The form was influenced by now obsolete schachen (“to plunder”, with long [aː]), itself from Proto-West Germanic *skāk (robbery). The synonymous Yiddish שאַכערן (shakhern) may be a reborrowing.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃaxəʁn/, [ˈʃa.χɐn]
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Verb

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schachern (weak, third-person singular present schachert, past tense schacherte, past participle geschachert, auxiliary haben)

  1. to haggle
    Synonyms: feilschen, handeln

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: sjacheren

Further reading

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  • schachern”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
  • schachern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • schachern” in Duden online
  • schachern” in OpenThesaurus.de