zugzwang

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• /ˈzʌɡzwæŋ/
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• /ˈzuːɡ-/
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• /-swæŋ/
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• /-zwɑŋ/
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• /ˈtsuːktswɑŋ/ Germanized
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From German Zugzwang, from Zug (“move”) + Zwang (“compulsion”).

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: ցուգցվանգ (cʻugcʻvang) — lack of choice in what to do
• Azerbaijani: suqsvanq — lack of choice in what to do
• Bulgarian: цугцва́нг (cugcváng) — lack of choice in what to do
• Danish: træktvang — lack of choice in what to do
• Dutch: zetdwang — lack of choice in what to do
• Finnish: siirtopakko — lack of choice in what to do
• French: zugzwang — lack of choice in what to do
• German: Zugzwang — lack of choice in what to do
• Hebrew: כפאי (kfai) — lack of choice in what to do
• Italian: zugzwang — lack of choice in what to do
• Norwegian Bokmål: trekktvang — lack of choice in what to do
• Norwegian Nynorsk: trekktvang — lack of choice in what to do
• Russian: цугцва́нг (cugcváng) — lack of choice in what to do
• Spanish: zugzwang — lack of choice in what to do
• Spanish: ducegio — lack of choice in what to do
• Swedish: dragtvång — lack of choice in what to do
• Ukrainian: цугцва́нг (cuhcvánh) — lack of choice in what to do