Damespiel
German, noun/ˈdaːməʃpiːl/
Damespiel is spelled D-A-M-E-S-P-I-E-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written German, the 313,524th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Damespiel is a German neuter noun meaning “draughts (British), checkers (US)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Brettspiel mit flachen Spielsteinen”.
What does Damespiel mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterdraughts (British), checkers (US)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Brettspiel mit flachen Spielsteinen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Damespiel
- Damespiels genitive
- Damespieles genitive
- Damespiele plural
- Damespielen dative definite plural
- Dame abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Damespiel?
- /ˈdaːməʃpiːl/
- [ˈdaːməˌʃpiːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Damespiel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Damespiel in German?
Damespiel appears about once in every 29 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).