schaker

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Dutch[edit]

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Twee schakers aan het spelen
Two chess players playing

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈsxaː.kər/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: scha‧ker
  • Rhymes: -aːkər

Etymology 1[edit]

From schaken +‎ -er.

Noun[edit]

schaker m (plural schakers, diminutive schakertje n, feminine schaakster)

  1. A chess player.

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle Dutch schaker. Equivalent to schaak (“robbery”) or schaken (“to abduct, to steal”) +‎ -er.

Noun[edit]

schaker m (plural schakers, diminutive schakertje n, feminine schaakster)

  1. A kidnapper, particularly of women or girls.
  2. (obsolete) A robber, a bandit.
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