zwängen

See also: zwangen and Zwängen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German twengen, from Old High German dwengen, probably derived from Zwang.[1] Causative to zwingen.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡svɛŋən/
  • (file)

Verb

zwängen (weak, third-person singular present zwängt, past tense zwängte, past participle gezwängt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to force, cram

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Friedrich Kluge (1989) “zwängen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
  2. Wolfgang Pfeifer: Etymologisches Wörterbuch.

Further reading

  • zwängen” in Duden online
  • zwängen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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