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German
Etymology
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
Verb
schachern (weak, third-person singular present schachert, past tense schacherte, past participle geschachert, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
- abschachern
- erschachern
- Geschacher
- Schacher
- Schacherei
- Schacherer
- verschachern
Related terms
- Schächer (secondary relation)
Descendants
- → Dutch: sjacheren
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