schackra
Swedish
Etymology
From German schachern, from Yiddish שאַכערן (shakhern), from Hebrew סָחַר (sāḥar)/שָׂכַר (śạḵạr). Cognate with Danish sjakre, Norwegian Bokmål sjakre and Norwegian Nynorsk sjakre, sjakra. Etymologically identical to tjacka (“get, buy (colloquial)”) from Romani.
Verb
schackra (present schackrar, preterite schackrade, supine schackrat, imperative schackra)
- (somewhat derogatory) to travel around and trade goods, perhaps not entirely in accordance with the law
Conjugation
Conjugation of schackra (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | schackra | schackras | ||
| Supine | schackrat | schackrats | ||
| Imperative | schackra | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | schackren | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | schackrar | schackrade | schackras | schackrades |
| Ind. plural1 | schackra | schackrade | schackras | schackrades |
| Subjunctive2 | schackre | schackrade | schackres | schackrades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | schackrande | |||
| Past participle | schackrad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
References
- schackra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- “schachern” in Duden online
- schackra in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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