schachmatt

Meaning

Intj

checkmate! (said when making the conclusive move in chess)

Adj

checkmated

Concepts

checkmate

mate

🧉

exhausted

Synonyms

am Ende

entkräftet

erledigt

erschlagen

erschöpft

fertig

gerädert

glanzlos

hinüber

kaputt

Kopf

matt

Schädel

💀

fix und fertig

nicht mehr können

rien ne va plus

Akku ist leer

kaputt wie ein Hund

fix und alle

schach und matt

Translations

schaakmat

xeque-mate

scacco matto

échec et mat

mat

ματ

jaque mate

escac i mat

mat

mate

ماتَ الشَّاهُ

şah mat

مَات

αποκαμωμένος

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃaxˈmat/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: schāch mat

In summary

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *tek-der.
Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ)
Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ)
Classical Persian شَاه (šāh)
Classical Persian مَات (māt)
Classical Persian شَاهمَات (šāh-māt)der.
German schachmatt
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.