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Turm

tower

noun TURM Less Common

Origin: from Latin turris

Also means

rook

Usage Note

Turm is a tower and also the rook in chess. Note the umlauted plural Türme. The leaning tower of Pisa is der schiefe Turm von Pisa.

Examples

"Der Turm ist hundert Meter hoch."

Natural Translation

The tower is a hundred meters tall.

Literal Translation

The tower is hundred meters high.

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