Gambit
German, noun[ɡamˈbɪt]
Gambit is spelled G-A-M-B-I-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 138,538th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gambit is a German neuter noun meaning “gambit, a form of opening a chess game” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Bauern- oder (seltener) Figurenopfer in der Eröffnung mit dem Ziel, den Materialverlust durch daraus…”.
What does Gambit mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutergambit, a form of opening a chess game
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Bauern- oder (seltener) Figurenopfer in der Eröffnung mit dem Ziel, den Materialverlust durch daraus resultierende Vorteile wie Entwicklungsvorsprung und damit die Möglichkeit, schnell einen Angriff starten zu können, zu kompensieren
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Gambit
- Gambits genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gambit?
- [ɡamˈbɪt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gambit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gambit in German?
Gambit appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).