schackra
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
- schackra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- “schachern” in Duden online
- schackra in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)