Mosaikspiel

Englisch translation: tangram, Chinese puzzle

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Deutsch Begriff oder Satz:Mosaikspiel
Englisch Übersetzung:tangram, Chinese puzzle
Eingetragen von: Ann C Sherwin

19:01 Mar 29, 2005
Übersetzungen Deutsch > Englisch [PRO]
Spiele/Videospiele/Computerspiele/Kasino / early 20th-century toys
Deutsch Begriff oder Satz: Mosaikspiel
The document dates from the time of World War I in the Sudetenland. The context is a list of toys. This child preferred cars, trucks, and wartime vehiles over dice games and •••Mosaikspiele•••.

Could it be jigsaw puzzles?
Ann C Sherwin
Local time: 20:41
pattern (laying) game
Erklärung:
There is a nice example of such a game for sale at Ebay (see below) which, after looking at a number of Google sites all pointing in the same direction, makes me doubt very much that "jigsaw puzzle" is it since those are things where you use a jigsaw to cut something into pieces - a "Mosaikspiel" is very different from this.

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Note added at 53 mins (2005-03-29 19:54:40 GMT)
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also, the period seems to fit as the game shown on Ebay is old
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klausie-hamburg
Local time: 02:41
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Thanks. With the help of the picture on eBay and the 1901 Muret-Sanders, I came up with the English term myself. Muret-Sanders (1901) give "Chinese puzzle" which I then found in Webster's Third International cross-referenced to "tangram." It fits the picture you provided.
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4mosaic game
Linda Flebus
3pattern (laying) game
klausie-hamburg


  

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mosaic game


Erklärung:
Various puzzles can be seen on this website


    Quelle: http://www.gamealbum.com/keyword/mosaic/
Linda Flebus
Belgien
Local time: 02:41
Muttersprache: Flämisch, Niederländisch
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pattern (laying) game


Erklärung:
There is a nice example of such a game for sale at Ebay (see below) which, after looking at a number of Google sites all pointing in the same direction, makes me doubt very much that "jigsaw puzzle" is it since those are things where you use a jigsaw to cut something into pieces - a "Mosaikspiel" is very different from this.

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Note added at 53 mins (2005-03-29 19:54:40 GMT)
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also, the period seems to fit as the game shown on Ebay is old


    Quelle: http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=25723&...
klausie-hamburg
Local time: 02:41
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Thanks. With the help of the picture on eBay and the 1901 Muret-Sanders, I came up with the English term myself. Muret-Sanders (1901) give "Chinese puzzle" which I then found in Webster's Third International cross-referenced to "tangram." It fits the picture you provided.
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