verschalken

Signification (Anglais)

  1. (transitive) to eat up, to catch and eat
  2. (transitive) to mislead, to fool
  3. (transitive) to catch by means of cunning, to trap, to capture, to ensnare
  4. (transitive) to ambush

Synonymes

te slim af zijn

Prononcé comme (IPA)
/vərˈsxɑl.kə(n)/
Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

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

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