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How do you say in German?
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2003 12:19 am
by Gallo Rojo
Black
White
King
Queen
Turret
Horse
Bishop
Pawn
thanks in advance
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2003 3:03 am
by rbrunsman
You may find this helpful:
http://dict.leo.org/
It's a translator. You type in the word you want and it gives you the German translation.
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2003 4:44 am
by Belisarius
Bah. I did have an exstensive answer, but the forum ate it and I don't bother to repost it.
:rolleyes:
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2003 5:01 am
by darroch
Black = Schwarz
White = Weiss
King = Koenig (should actually be an 'o' with an umlaut)
Queen = Koenigen
Turret
Horse
Bishop
Pawn
It's been quite awhile....
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2003 6:13 am
by pasternakski
Gallo Rojo wrote:Black
White
King
Queen
Turret
Horse
Bishop
Pawn
thanks in advance
Auf Deutsch, im Schach, die Woerten sind:
Schwarz
Weiss
König
Dame
Turm
Springer
Läufer
Bauer
das Ende.
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2003 12:52 pm
by ZeroAntipop
Isn't horse "Pferd"?
As in "Jaeger zu Pferd" (Mounted Jaegers; Napoleonic I know)
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2003 12:56 pm
by Belisarius
ZeroAntipop wrote:Isn't horse "Pferd"?
As in "Jaeger zu Pferd" (Mounted Jaegers; Napoleonic I know)
Yes, but the chess piece "Horse" is "Springer".
Much like in Swedish, where the Bishop is called "Löpare", that is - Runner
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2003 6:16 pm
by Gallo Rojo
Thanks guys!
Une more question concerning the "Bishop"
The word "Läufer" means only the chess piece or means also the clerical official?
I know that in English they call it "Bishop" because the top of the figure looks like a bishop's hat. But may not be the case in German.
The Spanish word for the chess piece is "Alfil" (which is word that comes from Arab, and means "Elephant"), while the word for the priest officer is "Obispo."
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2003 7:33 pm
by davewolf
Gallo Rojo wrote:Thanks guys!
Une more question concerning the "Bishop"
The word "Läufer" means only the chess piece or means also the clerical official?
I know that in English they call it "Bishop" because the top of the figure looks like a bishop's hat. But may not be the case in German.
The Spanish word for the chess piece is "Alfil" (which is word that comes from Arab, and means "Elephant"), while the word for the priest officer is "Obispo."
Hi Gallo Rojo,
a bishop is a 'Bischof' or a 'Ordinarius' (very clerical off course) outside of chess.
At chess I never heard anything else than 'Läufer' for the bishop here in Germany.
Greetings
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2003 3:07 am
by Svennemir
In case anyone cares, here are the Danish chess terms
Bonde = pawn
tårn = rook
springer = knight
løber (loeber) = bishop
konge = king
dronning = queen
sort, hvid = black, white
skak = chess
(originally the name is skak derived from Shah)