schachmatt

== German == === Alternative forms === schach und matt === Etymology === Inherited from Middle High German schāch mat, from Classical Persian شَاه‌مَات (šāh-māt). By surface analysis, Schach +‎ matt. The alternative form with intervening und is also already attested as Middle High German schāch unde mat. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃaxˈmat/ Rhymes: -at Hyphenation: schach‧matt === Interjection === schachmatt! checkmate! (said when making the conclusive move in chess) === Adjective === schachmatt (strong nominative masculine singular schachmatter, not comparable) checkmated ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “schachmatt” in Duden online “schachmatt”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)