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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