laufer

See also: Laufer, Läufer, and łaufer

Polish

laufry

Alternative forms

• ląfer (“wanderer”) (Central Greater Poland, Kalisz Voivodeship, Western Lublin, Łęczna)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Läufer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaw.fɛr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -awfɛr
• Syllabification: lau‧fer

Noun

laufer m animal

1. (dated, chess) bishop

   Synonym: goniec

Declension

Declension of laufer

	singular	plural
nominative	laufer	laufry
genitive	laufra	laufrów
dative	laufrowi	laufrom
accusative	laufra	laufry
instrumental	laufrem	lauframi
locative	laufrze	laufrach
vocative	laufrze	laufry

See also

Chess pieces in Polish · bierki szachowe (layout · text)
król	hetman, królowa, królówka, dama	wieża	goniec, laufer, giermek	skoczek, koń, konik	pion, pionek

Further reading

• “laufer”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “laufer”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Läufer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lǎufer/
• Hyphenation: la‧u‧fer

Noun

làufer m inan (Cyrillic spelling ла̀уфер)

1. (chess, regional) bishop (chess piece)

Declension

Declension of laufer

	singular	plural
nominative	laufer	lauferi
genitive	laufera	laufera
dative	lauferu	lauferima
accusative	laufer	laufere
vocative	lauferu	lauferi
locative	lauferu	lauferima
instrumental	lauferom	lauferima

See also

Chess pieces in Serbo-Croatian · šahovske figure / шаховске фигуре (layout · text)
kralj краљ	dama, kraljica дама, краљица	top, kula топ, кула	lovac, trkač, laufer ловац, тркач, лауфер	skakač, konj скакач, коњ	pješak, pešak, pion, pijun пјешак, пешак, пион, пијун