dame

nl-noun

dame f (plural dames, diminutive dametje n)

dames (plural)
dametje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: dame

From Middle Dutch dame, from Middle French dame, from Old French dame, from Latin domina.


dam

desc

→ Indonesian: dam (“draught/checker(s)”)

Borrowed from Middle French dame, from Spanish dama.

(checkers) king (double draught/checker)


pat

Borrowed from French pat, from Italian patta.


slaan

slaan (infinitive)
slaan (gerund neuter)
sla (first-person present singular)
sloeg (first-person past singular)
slaat (present second-person singular)
sla (present second-person singular)
sloeg (past second-person singular)
slaat (formal present second-person singular)
sloeg (formal past second-person singular)
slaat (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
slaat (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
sloegt (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
sloegt (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
slaat (present singular third-person)
sloeg (past singular third-person)
slaan (plural present)
sloegen (past plural)
sla (archaic present singular subjunctive)
sloege (archaic past singular subjunctive)
slaan (archaic plural present subjunctive)
sloegen (archaic past plural subjunctive)
sla (imperative present singular)
slaat (archaic imperative plural present)
slaand (participle present)
geslagen (participle past)

Afrikaans: slaan

Jersey Dutch: slân

Negerhollands: slaa, sla, slae, slaeg, slagen

Skepi Creole Dutch: sla

From Middle Dutch slaen, from Old Dutch slān, from Proto-West Germanic *slahan, from Proto-Germanic *slahaną.

(transitive, chess) to take one of your opponent's pieces


stuk

nl-noun

stuk n (plural stukken, diminutive stukje n)

stukken (plural)
stukje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch stucke, stuc, from Old Dutch *stukki, from Proto-West Germanic *stukkī, from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją. Cognate with German Stück, dialectal English steck and borrowed shtick.

(chess) a piece, one of the playing pieces in chess usually excluding pawns


pion

pion m (plural pionnen, diminutive pionnetje n)

pionnen (plural)
pionnetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: pion

→ Indonesian: pion

Borrowed from French pion, from Middle French pion, from Old French peon, from Late Latin pedō (“footman”).


paard

paard n (plural paarden, diminutive paardje n)

paarden (plural)
paardje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: perd
→ Phuthi: ipere
→ Sotho: pere

Jersey Dutch: pêrt, pêrd

→ English: prad

From Middle Dutch pert, pāert, from Old Dutch *pered, *perid, from Proto-West Germanic *parafred, from Late Latin paraverēdus. Compare German Pferd. Doublet of palefroot.


kasteel

nl-noun

kasteel n (plural kastelen, diminutive kasteeltje n)

kastelen (plural)
kasteeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kasteel

Negerhollands: kastell

→ Mahican: găstēnik

→ Malay: kastil

Indonesian: kastel, kastil

→ Papiamentu: kastel

→ West Frisian: kastiel

From Middle Dutch castēel, from Old Northern French castel, from Latin castellum. Doublet of Kessel, chateau, Castilië, castellum, ketella, and telo.


koning

nl-noun

koning m (plural koningen, diminutive koninkje n, feminine koningin)

koningen (plural)
koninkje (diminutive neuter)
koningin (feminine)

Afrikaans: koning

Negerhollands: koning, kiniṅ

→ Mohegan-Pequot: kunnung

→ Sranan Tongo: kownu

→ Lokono: kónoe

→ Aukan: konu

→ Kari'na: konu

From Middle Dutch cōninc, from Old Dutch cuninc, from Proto-West Germanic *kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz. Cognate to English king.


koningin

koningin f (plural koninginnen, diminutive koninginnetje n, masculine koning)

koninginnen (plural)
koninginnetje (diminutive neuter)
koning (masculine)

Negerhollands: koninginne, kooningin

/ˌkoːnɪˈŋɪn/

From Middle Dutch coninginne, from Old Dutch kuninginna. Equivalent to koning (“king”) + -in (“suffix indicating femininity”).


remise

nl-noun

remise f (plural remises, diminutive remisetje n)

remises (plural)
remisetje (diminutive neuter)


zugzwang

(chess) zugzwang (situation in which a disadvantageous move is forced on a player)


rij

rij f (plural rijen, diminutive rijtje n)

rijen (plural)
rijtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: ry

Negerhollands: rieg

→ Aukan: lei

→ Caribbean Javanese: rèi

From Middle Dutch rië, from Old Dutch *rīa, from Proto-West Germanic *rīhan.


toren

toren m (plural torens, diminutive torentje n)

torens (plural)
torentje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: toring

Negerhollands: tooren, torm, toorn

→ Aukan: tolen

→ Saramaccan: tolu

From Middle Dutch torre, from Old Dutch turn, from Old French tur, from Latin turris.


bisschop

bisschop m (plural bisschoppen, diminutive bisschopje n)

bisschoppen (plural)
bisschopje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: biskop

→? Mahican: bishop

→ Malay: biskop

Indonesian: biskop

→ Sranan Tongo: biskop

From Middle Dutch bischop, from Old Dutch biskop, from Latin episcopus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos). The use of the term for mulled wine probably derived from English or German.
The chess sense is likely a semantic loan from English bishop.


loper

loper m (plural lopers, diminutive lopertje n)

lopers (plural)
lopertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: loper

Indonesian: loper

Petjo: loper

From Middle Dutch lopere. Equivalent to lopen + -er.
In the chess sense, likely a semantic loan from German Läufer.


lijn

lijn f (plural lijnen, diminutive lijntje n)

lijnen (plural)
lijntje (diminutive neuter)

Berbice Creole Dutch: leni, lin

→ Indonesian: lin

From Middle Dutch līne, from Old Dutch *līna, from Proto-Germanic *līnǭ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”). In several senses influenced by Latin līnea; compare linie.


grootmeester

grootmeester m (plural grootmeesters, diminutive grootmeestertje n, feminine grootmeesteres)

grootmeesters (plural)
grootmeestertje (diminutive neuter)
grootmeesteres (feminine)

From groot (“grand”) + meester (“master”).


zeeslang

zeeslang f (plural zeeslangen, diminutive zeeslangetje n)

zeeslangen (plural)
zeeslangetje (diminutive neuter)

1875, A. v. d. Linde, De Schaakwerld, vol. 1, publ. by M. S. van Tussenbroek, 262-263.
Niet om onzen tijd met de oplossing te verbeuzelen, maar om den lezer ineens van zulke misgeboorten van den wansmaak afteschrikken, breng ik hem twee zulke zeeslangen van het bezige nietsdoen onder de aandacht.

Not to fritter away our time with the solution, but to spontaneously deter the reader from such miscarriages of poor taste, I bring two such monstrously long-winded games of busily doing nothing to his attention.


schaaktoren

schaaktoren m (plural schaaktorens, diminutive schaaktorentje n)

schaaktorens (plural)
schaaktorentje (diminutive neuter)


dambord

dambord n (plural damborden, diminutive dambordje n)

damborden (plural)
dambordje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: dambòrt, dambord

→ Sranan Tongo: dambortu

→ Saramaccan: dámboútu


vrijpion

vrijpion m (plural vrijpionnen, diminutive vrijpionnetje n)

vrijpionnen (plural)
vrijpionnetje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of vrij (“free”) + pion (“pawn”). Cf. German Freibauer.

(chess) passed pawn (pawn without enemies on its file)


raadsheer

raadsheer m (plural raadsheren, diminutive raadsheertje n)

raadsheren (plural)
raadsheertje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch raetshere. Equivalent to raad + -s- + heer.


bevrijdingszet

bevrijdingszet m (plural bevrijdingszetten)

(chess) freeing move (move that undoes restrictions on a player's space)


zetdwang

From zet + dwang, calque of German Zugzwang.

(chess) zugzwang (situation in which a disadvantageous move is forced)


witveldig

witveldig (adverbial positive predicative)
witveldige (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
witveldig (indefinite neuter positive singular)
witveldige (indefinite plural positive)
witveldige (definite positive)
witveldigs (partitive positive)

(chess) located on a white square (chiefly of bishops)


zwartveldig

zwartveldig (adverbial positive predicative)
zwartveldige (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
zwartveldig (indefinite neuter positive singular)
zwartveldige (indefinite plural positive)
zwartveldige (definite positive)
zwartveldigs (partitive positive)

(chess) located on a black square (chiefly of bishops)