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backgammon in German

backgammon in German is Backgammon — backgammon means a board game for two players who race fifteen pieces each around the board according to dice rolls, aiming to bear them all off first.

backgammon in German

Backgammon
noun
A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.

What does "backgammon" mean?

  1. noun A board game for two players who race fifteen pieces each around the board according to dice rolls, aiming to bear them all off first.
    "They played backgammon on the porch every summer evening."
  2. noun A win where the loser still has a piece in the winner's home row or on the bar — the biggest possible margin of victory.
    "He won by a backgammon, tripling the stakes."
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backgammon in a sentence

  • They played backgammon on the porch every summer evening.
  • He won by a backgammon, tripling the stakes.

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What is "backgammon" in German?

"backgammon" in German is Backgammon. backgammon means: A board game for two players who race fifteen pieces each around the board according to dice rolls, aiming to bear them all off first.

How do you use "backgammon" in a sentence?

Example: "They played backgammon on the porch every summer evening." In German, "backgammon" is Backgammon.

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