Polyglot Dictionary

Schachspiel

/ˈʃaxˌʃpiːl/

das noun B1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Schachspiele

Meaning

  1. chess set; game of chess

    Built from Schach (chess) + Spiel (game).

    • Sie kauften ein hölzernes Schachspiel.

      They bought a wooden chess set.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Schach chess
  • Spiel game

Similar words

schachpartie

Schachpartie and Schachspiel are close synonyms for a "game of chess"; Schachspiel also separately means a "chess set," the physical pieces.

Practice

1 What does Schachspiel mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie kauften ein hölzernes ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Schachspiel?

See also

nouncompound

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