This is the 13557th most frequent Polish word.
pionków
"Pawn's" or "of pawns" (possessive/plural form of "pionek," meaning a pawn in chess or a figurative pawn).
Here, 'pionków' refers to chess pawns as game pieces, highlighting its use in a game context.
Na planszy szachowej było ustawionych ośmiu pionków.
On the chessboard, eight pawns were set up.
In this sentence, 'pionki' is used metaphorically to describe being used by others as expendable elements in a large-scale situation.
Oni czują się jak pionki w globalnej grze politycznej.
They feel like pawns in a global political game.
Here, 'pionków' metaphorically describes rows of cornstalks, resembling the vertical arrangement of pawns, showing a symbolic usage based on shape.