Zugzwang Definition

tso͝oktsväng
noun
A situation in a chess game in which a player is forced to make an undesirable or disadvantageous move.
American Heritage
In figurative uses.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Zugzwang

Noun

Singular:
zugzwang
Plural:
zugzwangs, zugzwnge

Origin of Zugzwang

  • German Zugzwang Zug pull, move (from Middle High German zuc pull) (from Old High German) (from ziohan to pull deuk- in Indo-European roots) Zwang compulsion (from Middle High German twanc) (from Old High German)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From German Zugzwang, from Zug (“move") + Zwang (“compulsion").

    From Wiktionary

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