Declension of German noun Zugzwang with plural and article

The declension of the noun Zugzwang (zugzwang, compulsion) is in singular genitive Zugzwang(e)s and in the plural nominative Zugzwänge. The noun Zugzwang is declined with the declension endings es/ä-e. In the plural is an umlaut. The voice of Zugzwang is maskuline and the article "der". Here you can not only inflect Zugzwang but also all German nouns. The noun is part of the thesaurus of Zertifikat Deutsch respectivly Level C2. Comments ☆

C2 · noun · masculine · irregular · -s,¨-e

der Zugzwang

Zugzwang(e)s · Zugzwänge

Endings es/ä-e   Plural with umlaut  

English zugzwang, compulsion, forced move, obligation, pressure, pressure to act

/ˈt͡suːkˌt͡svɑŋk/ · /ˈt͡suːkˌt͡svɑŋgs/ · /ˈt͡suːkˌt͡svɛŋɡə/

[Spiele, …] Zwang, einen Zug ausführen zu müssen, wenn sich dieser negativ auf das eigene Spiel auswirken wird; Der Zwang, etwas zu tun zu müssen, eine Entscheidung zu fällen

» Die Partei XY gerät nun in Zugzwang . English The party XY is now in Zugzwang.

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Declension of Zugzwang in singular and plural in all cases

Singular

Nom. derZugzwang
Gen. desZugzwanges/Zugzwangs
Dat. demZugzwang/Zugzwange⁶
Acc. denZugzwang

Plural

Nom. dieZugzwänge
Gen. derZugzwänge
Dat. denZugzwängen
Acc. dieZugzwänge

⁶ Only in exalted use

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Example sentences for Zugzwang

  • Die Partei XY gerät nun in Zugzwang . 
    English The party XY is now in Zugzwang.
  • Das Spiel war lange Zeit ausgeglichen, aber schlussendlich verlor er wegen Zugzwang . 
    English The game was balanced for a long time, but in the end he lost due to zugzwang.
  • Entsprechende Felder sind Felder des reziproken Zugzwangs . 
    English Corresponding squares are squares of reciprocal zugzwang.
  • Einmal mehr ist Schwarz in Zugzwang , weil seine Figuren die Damenflügelbauern verteidigen müssen. 
    English Once again, black is in Zugzwang because his pieces must defend the queen's wing pawns.
  • Dadurch kam der Pfarrer unter Zugzwang , wenn er nicht der Pflichtvergessenheit bezichtigt werden wollte. 
    English Thus, the priest came under pressure if he did not want to be accused of neglecting his duties.
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Translation of German Zugzwang

German Zugzwang
English zugzwang, compulsion, forced move, obligation, pressure, pressure to act
Russian принуждение, неизбежность выбора, обязанность ходить, принужде́ние к хо́ду, цугцва́нг, цугцванг
Spanish movimiento obligatorio, obligación, obligación de mover, presión, presión de mover, zugzwang
French au pied du mur, obligation, pression, pression de jouer, zugzwang
Turkish zorunluluk, hamle zorunluluğu, karar verme zorunluluğu
Portuguese força para jogar, obrigação, obrigação de jogar, pressão, pressão para agir
Italian costrizione, obbligo, zugzwang, obbligo ad agire
Romanian obligație, obligație de a muta, presiune
Hungarian döntési kényszer, kényszer, kényszerhelyzet
Polish przymus, presja, przymus ruchu
Greek ανάγκη, ανάγκη κίνησης, πίεση
Dutch dwang, dwangspositie, keuzezwang, zetdwang
Czech nátlak, povinnost, povinnost rozhodnout
Swedish dragtvång, tvingande beslut, tvingande drag, tvång
Danish tvang, beslutningspres
Japanese 強制, 強制手番, 選択の強制
Catalan obligació, obligació de moure's, pressió
Finnish pakko, pakko siirtää, valintapako
Norwegian tvang, beslutningspress
Basque erabaki beharra, mugimendu behartua, presio
Serbian obaveza, pritisak, pritisak na potez
Macedonian принуда, обврска, поттик
Slovenian nujnost odločitve, prisila, prisila na potezo
Slowakisch nátlak, povinnosť rozhodnúť, povinnosť ťahu
Bosnian obaveza, prisilna igra, pritisak
Croatian obveza, prisila, prisilna igra
Ukrainian примус, вибір без вибору, обов'язок
Bulgarian принуда, дилема, задължение
Belorussian прыцягненне, прыцягненне да рашэння
Indonesian kewajiban
Vietnamese bắt buộc
Uzbek majburiyat
Hindi मजबूरी
Chinese 强制
Thai บังคับ
Korean 행동 강요
Azerbaijani məcburiyyət
Georgian სავალდებულება
Bengali বাধ্যতা
Albanian detyrim
Marathi मजबूरी
Nepali बाध्यता
Telugu బాధ్యత
Latvian spiediens
Tamil கட்டாயம்
Estonian kohustus
Armenian պարտավորություն
Kurdish zorunluluk
Hebrewלחץ، לחץ להחליט، מצב לחץ
Arabicإلزام، ضغط اتخاذ القرار، ضغط اللعب
Persianاجبار به تصمیم گیری، اجبار به حرکت
Urduمجبوری، فیصلہ کرنے کی مجبوری

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Meanings and synonyms of Zugzwang
  • [Spiele] Zwang, einen Zug ausführen zu müssen, wenn sich dieser negativ auf das eigene Spiel auswirken wird
  • Der Zwang, etwas zu tun zu müssen, eine Entscheidung zu fällen
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Declension forms of Zugzwang

Summary of all declension forms of the noun Zugzwang in all cases

The declension of Zugzwang as a table with all forms in singular (singular) and plural (plural) and in all four cases nominative (1st case), genitive (2nd case), dative (3rd case) and accusative (4th case). Especially for German learners the correct declension of the word Zugzwang is crucial.

Declension Zugzwang

Singular Plural
Nom. der Zugzwang die Zugzwänge
Gen. des Zugzwang(e)s der Zugzwänge
Dat. dem Zugzwang(e) den Zugzwängen
Acc. den Zugzwang die Zugzwänge

Declension Zugzwang

  • Singular: der Zugzwang, des Zugzwang(e)s, dem Zugzwang(e), den Zugzwang
  • Plural: die Zugzwänge, der Zugzwänge, den Zugzwängen, die Zugzwänge

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