Anonymous wrote on Thu, Nov 28, 2002 02:30 PM UTC:
Oberstecher is perfectly suited for a card game, denoting
a card which can take a trick with an Ober (~ Queen in cards).
However, I find it inacceptable for a chess piece.
Beware of false friends: engl. over == german über
engl. upper == german Ober-
There is one established piece in german starting with O, the
Okapi (combining Knight and Giraffe). But I am not yet sure,
maybe I can rearrange the translation table to get more hits.
--JKn
Oberstecher is perfectly suited for a card game, denoting a card which can take a trick with an Ober (~ Queen in cards). However, I find it inacceptable for a chess piece. Beware of false friends: engl. over == german über engl. upper == german Ober- There is one established piece in german starting with O, the Okapi (combining Knight and Giraffe). But I am not yet sure, maybe I can rearrange the translation table to get more hits. --JKn