schack

See also: Schack

Swedish

ett schackbräde [a chessboard]

Etymology

From German Schach, from Middle High German schāch, from Latin scaccī, from Arabic شَاه (šāh), from Persian شاه (šâh, “king”), related to shah. Doublet of shah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɧak/

Noun

schack n

1. chess; a game of strategy for two players.

   Synonym: (archaic) schacktavel

   spela schack

   play chess

2. check; a situation in which the king is directly threatened by enemy pieces

Interjection

schack

1. check; a claim used in chess to notify the opponent that his/her king is threatened.

Derived terms

• schack matt
• schacka
• schackbräde
• schackparti
• schackspel
• spela schack

Related terms

• bonde
• dam
• kung
• löpare
• springare
• torn

Descendants

• → Finnish: shakki, šakki

References

• “schack”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “schack”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “schack”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)