Polyglot Dictionary

Dame

/ˈdaːmə/

die noun A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Damen

Meaning

  1. lady

    • Eine ältere Dame saß im Wartezimmer.

      An elderly lady sat in the waiting room.

  2. queen (chess); checkers

    • Er zog die Dame über das ganze Brett.

      He moved the queen across the whole board.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

dama

dama is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "lady."

Portuguese

dama

dama is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "lady."

Practice

1 What does Dame mean?

2 Fill the gap: Eine ältere ___ saß im Wartezimmer.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Dame?

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