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verschalken.

to eat up, to catch and eat

11 characters3 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb/vərˈsxɑl.kə(n)//vɛrˈsxɑl.kə(n)/
  1. to eat up, to catch and eat

    transitive
    Uiteindelijk wist de tijgerin haar lichtvoetige prooi te verschalken.
  2. to mislead, to fool

    transitive
  3. to catch by means of cunning, to trap, to capture, to ensnare

    transitive
  4. to ambush

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch verschalken (“to subjugate, to mislead, to outwit”). By surface analysis, schalk (“scoundrel”) + ver- -en.

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