Knight

"Knight" in German

Pferd

(chess piece)

Ritter

(warrior, especially of the Middle Ages)

Ritter

(person on whom a knighthood has been conferred)

Ross

(chess piece)

Rössel

(chess piece)

Rössl

(chess piece)

Springer

(chess piece)

zum Ritter schlagen

(to confer a knighthood upon)

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