zugzwang
See also: Zugzwang
English
Etymology
From German Zugzwang, from Zug (“move”) + Zwang (“compulsion”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzʌɡzwæŋ/, /ˈzʊɡ-/, /ˈzuːɡ-/, /-zwɑŋ/, /-swæŋ/, /-swɑŋ/, (Germanized) /ˈtsuːktswɑŋ/, /ˈtsuːktsvɑŋ/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
zugzwang (countable and uncountable, plural zugzwangs or zugzwänge)
- (chess) A situation in which a player is forced to make a disadvantageous move.
- (figurative) A situation in which someone is forced to make a disadvantageous move
- 2002, Carl Friedrich Graumann, Werner Kallmeyer, editors, Perspective and Perspectivation in Discourse[1], page 174:
- An explanation for this phenomenon may be that speech acts that include instructions (e.g., a command or request) show a higher level of activity than speech acts of assertion; the ethnomethodological analysis of conversation speaks of conversational Zugzwänge:24 a request, a question or a command demands a reaction of the addressee.
Usage notes
Zugzwang typically refers to a situation in which a player is forced to make a disadvantageous move though they would prefer not to make a move.
Alternative forms
Translations
lack of choice in what to do
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Further reading
French
Etymology
Borrowed from German Zugzwang.
Pronunciation
Noun
zugzwang m (plural zugzwangs)
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from German Zugzwang.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡suk.t͡sfaŋk/
- Rhymes: -ukt͡sfaŋk
- Syllabification: zug‧zwang
Noun
zugzwang m inan
Declension
Declension of zugzwang
singular | plural | |
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nominative | zugzwang | zugzwangi |
genitive | zugzwangu | zugzwangów |
dative | zugzwangowi | zugzwangom |
accusative | zugzwang | zugzwangi |
instrumental | zugzwangiem | zugzwangami |
locative | zugzwangu | zugzwangach |
vocative | zugzwangu | zugzwangi |
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