Etymology

zeitnot

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Today it means: time trouble, time pressure, a situation where a player has little time to complete the required moves Full definition →

German Zeitnot
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  1. German · borrowed fromZeitnot
  2. English todayzeitnot

Unadapted borrowing from German Zeitnot (literally “need of time”).

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