schackruta

Swedish

Etymology

schack (“chess”) +‎ ruta (“square”)

Noun

schackruta c

1. a square on a chessboard
2. a biscuit made of mördeg (“shortcrust”) (without egg) flavoured with vanilla and cocoa in a chequered pattern

   Hypernym: mördegskaka (“shortbread”)

Usage notes

The biscuit is commonly know by their plural name schackrutor.

Declension

Declension of schackruta

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	schackruta	schackrutas
	definite	schackrutan	schackrutans
plural	indefinite	schackrutor	schackrutors
	definite	schackrutorna	schackrutornas

See also

• schackrutig (“chequered”)

Further reading

• schackruta in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker