tränga

From Old Swedish þrængia, from Old Norse þrøngva, from Proto-Germanic *þrangwijaną (“to press, to push”). See Danish trenge, Norwegian Bokmål trenge, Norwegian Nynorsk trenga, Icelandic þröngva.

• IPA^(key): /trɛŋːa/

tränga (present tränger, preterite trängde, supine trängt, imperative träng)

1. to press, to push, to cram

   tränga in ― penetrate (push in)

   att trängas ― to cram together as a group of people, to force one's way

   De trängs bak i bilen ― They're crammed ("are cramming/pressing") in the back of the car

   Sluta trängas! ― Stop jostling/cramming (yourself in)!

   att tränga ut ― to crowd out

   Hären trängde fram genom fiendens territorium ― The army pressed forward through enemy territory

   Han trängde sig fram genom folkmassan ― He jostled his way through the crowd ("pressed himself forth")

• The intuition is to create tightness through pressing (pushing against resistance). Though usually not a natural translation, press should give the right idea.
• See the usage notes for knuffa as well. The passive forms with -s work the same way and mean is pressing.

• trängsel (“crowdedness, crush, throng”)

• knuffa (“to push, to shove”)
• trycka

• tränga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tränga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tränga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• tränga in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)