Meanings
nounzeitnot (usually uncountable, plural zeitnots)
plural zeitnots · alternative Zeitnot
- uncountableusuallyboard gamestime trouble, time pressure, a situation where a player has little time to complete the required moves
Unfortunately I didn't work it out in my zeitnot.
2010 August 1, Matan Prilleltensky, “Learning From Your Losses”, in U.S. Chess Federation, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2020, retrieved 11 Feb 2012
Origin
- GermanZeitnot
- Englishzeitnot
Unadapted borrowing from German Zeitnot (literally “need of time”).
More words from German
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Danish tidsnød, tidspres
- tidsnødtime trouble, time pressure (chess)
- tidsprestime trouble, time pressure (chess)
Dutch tijdnood
- tijdnoodtime trouble, time pressure (chess)
Finnish aikapula
- aikapulatime trouble, time pressure (chess)
French zeitnot
- zeitnottime trouble, time pressure (chess)
German Zeitnot, Zeitdruck
- Zeitnottime trouble, time pressure (chess)
- Zeitdrucktime trouble, time pressure (chess)
- Zeitmangeltime trouble, time pressure (chess)
Icelandic tímaþröng
- tímaþröngtime trouble, time pressure (chess)
Norwegian Bokmål tidsnød, tidspress
- tidsnødtime trouble, time pressure (chess)
- tidspresstime trouble, time pressure (chess)
Russian цейтно́т
- цейтно́т (cejtnót)time trouble, time pressure (chess)
Swedish tidsnöd
- tidsnödtime trouble, time pressure (chess)
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APA
zeitnot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zeitnot
MLA
“zeitnot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zeitnot. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zeitnot,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zeitnot.
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