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Translate checkmate from English to Dutch

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checkmate:
- schaakmat
- schaakmat
Wiktionary:
- checkmate → mat, schaakmat
- checkmate → mat, schaakmat
- checkmate → schaakmat

English

Detailed Translations for checkmate from English to Dutch

checkmate:

checkmate adj

checkmate
schaakmat
- schaakmat adv

checkmate [the ~] nomen

the checkmate

– In chess, a move that wins the game whereby the opponent's king cannot escape. ¹
schaakmat
- schaakmat

Translation Matrix for checkmate:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	mate
Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	mate
Adverb	Related Translations	Other Translations
schaakmat	checkmate
Not Specified	Related Translations	Other Translations
schaakmat	checkmate

Synonyms for "checkmate":

victory; triumph
mate; chess move
mate; beat; beat out; crush; shell; trounce; vanquish

Related Definitions for "checkmate":

a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king²
complete victory²
place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game²
- Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves²
In chess, a move that wins the game whereby the opponent's king cannot escape.¹

Wiktionary Translations for checkmate:

checkmate

noun

conclusive victory in a game of chess
- checkmate → mat; schaakmat

interjection

said when making the conclusive move in chess
- checkmate → mat; schaakmat

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• checkmate	→ schaakmat	↔ schachmatt — beim Schach: unfähig, dem Verlust des unmittelbar angegriffenen Königs beim Schachspiel entgegenzuwirken, und damit die Partie verlierend