What's the meaning of "Er hat mit ihr geschäckert"?

Question

Can someone translate this into English:

Er hat mit ihr geschäkert.

The verb "schäckern" has no entry in dict.leo.org .

UPDATE

The correct spelling is schäkern which you can find in most dictionaries.

Shake it, babe! If you write it correctly with one 'k', you'll find it at dict.leo.org as to flirt with so. . As schäckern, you would need to spell it like meckern, while it is longer, like Apothekern: "Wir schäkern, mit den Apothjekern". — user unknown, Feb 03 '12 at 02:20
I vote to close because when I tried searching "schäckern" I didn't find it as you said, but the spelling was suggested. — Alenanno, Feb 04 '12 at 12:01

score 19 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:42

It's not "schäckern", it's schäkern, without the 'c'. The origin of that word is:

"Rotwelsch or Gaunersprache, [...] a secret language, a cant or thieves' argot, spoken by covert groups primarily in southern Germany and Switzerland." _{(Wikipedia, see also Gibt es Rotwelsch mittlerweile auch in der gehobenen Sprache?)}

I believe it used to be more common a few decades ago (that's not scientific, but a childhood memory).

With the 'c' gone, you find it in leo.org: my favourite translation here would be "to dally with sb.", but all others are fine.

score 17 · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-23T06:04:38.927

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I think the correct spelling is "geschäkert":

VERB: schäkern | schäkerte | geschäkert

So, the meaning of the sentence should be:

He was flirting with her.

edited Sep 23 '11 at 06:04

answered Sep 23 '11 at 05:56

What's the meaning of "Er hat mit ihr geschäckert"?

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