tvang

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Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tvaŋˀ/, [ˈtˢʋ̥ɑŋˀ]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Danish thwang, from Middle Low German dwank, from Proto-Germanic *þwanguz, *þwangiz, cognate with Swedish tvång n, English thong, German Zwang, Old Norse þvengr (thong). Doublet of tvinge.

Noun[edit]

tvang c (singular definite tvangen, not used in plural form)

  1. coercion
  2. compulsion
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Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

tvang

  1. past tense of tvinge

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1[edit]

From the verb tvinge.

Noun[edit]

tvang m (definite singular tvangen, uncountable)

  1. force, coercion, duress
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

tvang

  1. simple past of tvinge

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the verb tvinge.

Noun[edit]

tvang m (definite singular tvangen, uncountable)

  1. force, coercion, duress

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Verb[edit]

tvang

  1. past indicative of tvinga