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German Chess Vocabulary

17 German words tagged chess, ordered by frequency and spanning A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2. The first entries appear as early as A1; the rest are specialist and sit higher up.

17 words
1 at A1
2 at A2
3 at B1
3 at B2
  1. dieReihe row; rank, succession, series, sequence, range noun pl. Reihen A2
  2. dieDame lady (woman of good breeding and manners); lady; madam (polite term to refer to any woman) noun pl. Damen A2
  3. dasPferd horse; knight noun pl. Pferde A1
  4. dieLinie line; file noun pl. Linien B1
  5. dieOpposition the opposition, political opposition; opposition party; a group opposed (to something or… noun pl. Oppositionen B2
  6. dasMatt mate, checkmate; dull (not shiny) noun pl. Matts B2
  7. dieEröffnung opening noun pl. Eröffnungen B2
  8. derBauer farmer (male or of unspecified gender); peasant (male or of unspecified gender) noun pl. Bauern B1
  9. derTurm tower, spire (very tall building or structure, especially with a tapering top); steeple… noun pl. Türme B1
  10. dasRemis draw; in a draw; the result being a draw noun C1
  11. derSpringer jumper, one who jumps; stand in noun C1
  12. umwandeln to convert, change, commute; to transform, transmute verb wandelt um · wandelte um · umgewandelt C2
  13. derSpieß a pointed rod, especially; spit noun pl. Spieße C2
  14. dieUmwandlung conversion; transformation, transmutation noun pl. Umwandlungen C2
  15. derSchachzug move; move, stratagem noun pl. Schachzüge C2
  16. derZugzwang zugzwang; synonym of Zugpflicht (“the rule that a player cannot forgo a move”) noun pl. Zugzwänge C2
  17. dieZwickmühle double mill; dilemma; Catch-22; quagmire; predicament; quandary (position in which one… noun pl. Zwickmühlen C2

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