zug·zwang (tso?ok?tsväng?)n. A situation in a chess game in which a player is forced to make an undesirable or disadvantageous move.[German Zugzwang : Zug, pull, move (from Middle High German zuc, pull, from Old High German, from ziohan, to pull; see deuk- in Indo-European roots) + Zwang, compulsion (from Middle High German twanc, from Old High German).]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.zugzwang (German ?tsu?ktsva?) chessn (Chess & Draughts) a position in which one player can move only with loss or severe disadvantagevb (Chess & Draughts) (tr) to manoeuvre (one’s opponent) into a zugzwang[from German, from Zug a pull, tug + Zwang force, compulsion]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014zugzwangPast participle: zugzwangedGerund: zugzwangingImperativePresentPreteritePresent ContinuousPresent PerfectPast ContinuousPast PerfectFutureFuture PerfectFuture ContinuousPresent Perfect ContinuousFuture Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect ContinuousConditionalPast ConditionalImperativezugzwangzugzwangPresentI zugzwangyou zugzwanghe/she/it zugzwangswe zugzwangyou zugzwangthey zugzwangPreteriteI zugzwangedyou zugzwangedhe/she/it zugzwangedwe zugzwangedyou zugzwangedthey zugzwangedPresent ContinuousI am zugzwangingyou are zugzwanginghe/she/it is zugzwangingwe are zugzwangingyou are zugzwangingthey are zugzwangingPresent PerfectI have zugzwangedyou have zugzwangedhe/she/it has zugzwangedwe have zugzwangedyou have zugzwangedthey have zugzwangedPast ContinuousI was zugzwangingyou were zugzwanginghe/she/it was zugzwangingwe were zugzwangingyou were zugzwangingthey were zugzwangingPast PerfectI had zugzwangedyou had zugzwangedhe/she/it had zugzwangedwe had zugzwangedyou had zugzwangedthey had zugzwangedFutureI will zugzwangyou will zugzwanghe/she/it will zugzwangwe will zugzwangyou will zugzwangthey will zugzwangFuture PerfectI will have zugzwangedyou will have zugzwangedhe/she/it will have zugzwangedwe will have zugzwangedyou will have zugzwangedthey will have zugzwangedFuture ContinuousI will be zugzwangingyou will be zugzwanginghe/she/it will be zugzwangingwe will be zugzwangingyou will be zugzwangingthey will be zugzwangingPresent Perfect ContinuousI have been zugzwangingyou have been zugzwanginghe/she/it has been zugzwangingwe have been zugzwangingyou have been zugzwangingthey have been zugzwangingFuture Perfect ContinuousI will have been zugzwangingyou will have been zugzwanginghe/she/it will have been zugzwangingwe will have been zugzwangingyou will have been zugzwangingthey will have been zugzwangingPast Perfect ContinuousI had been zugzwangingyou had been zugzwanginghe/she/it had been zugzwangingwe had been zugzwangingyou had been zugzwangingthey had been zugzwangingConditionalI would zugzwangyou would zugzwanghe/she/it would zugzwangwe would zugzwangyou would zugzwangthey would zugzwangPast ConditionalI would have zugzwangedyou would have zugzwangedhe/she/it would have zugzwangedwe would have zugzwangedyou would have zugzwangedthey would have zugzwangedCollins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011