Turm

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See also: turm and türm

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German turn, turm, from Old High German torn, borrowed via Old French from Latin turris. Compare German Low German Toren, Toorn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʊʁm/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Turm m (strong, genitive Turmes or Turms, plural Türme, diminutive Türmchen n or Türmlein n)

  1. (architecture) tower, spire (very tall building or structure, especially with a tapering top)
    • 1998, Archaeologia Bulgarica, page 100.
      Die Lage des Turmes ist an der westlichen inneren Festungsmauer unmittelbar südlich von einem Mauerbogen.
      The tower's positioned on western inner castle wall immediately south to the arch.
  2. (architecture) steeple (tall tower on a church, normally topped with a spire)
    Synonym: Kirchturm
  3. (chess) rook (piece shaped like a castle tower)
    Synonyms: Elephant, Roch, Roche, Rochen
    • 2009, Siegbert Tarrasch, Das Schachspiel. Systematisches Lehrbuch für Anfänger und Geübte, Jens-Erik Rudolph Verlag, page 137.
      Die Türme sollen immer möglichst rasch miteinander in Verbindung, „verdoppelt” sein. Ein wesentlicher Nachteil des Verlustes der Rochade ist es, daß die Verbindung der Türme gestört ist.
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  4. (sports) diving platform (structure used for competitive diving)
    Synonym: Sprungturm

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Coordinate terms

Chess pieces in German · Schachfiguren, Schachsteine (layout · text)
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König Dame, Königin Turm Läufer Springer, Pferd, Ross, Rössel Bauer

Descendants

  • Hungarian: torony
  • Lower Sorbian: torm
  • Luxembourgish: Tuerm
  • Romanian: turn

Further reading

  • Turm” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Turm” in Duden online