Zwang
See also: zwang
German
Etymology
From Middle High German twanc, from Old High German geduang, from Proto-Germanic *þwangiz, Proto-Germanic *þwanguz (“coercion, constraint, band, clamp, strap”).[1] Cognates include: Dutch dwang, Swedish tvång, and English thong.
Pronunciation
Noun
Zwang m (genitive Zwanges or Zwangs, plural Zwänge)
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
- Aufenthaltszwang
- Ehezwang
- Kleiderzwang
- Niederlassungszwang
- Zugzwang
- Zwanghaftkeit
- Zwangloskeit
- Zwangsanleihe
- Zwangsarbeit
- Zwangsarbeiter
- Zwangsaufenthalt
- Zwangsbeitrag
- Zwangsehe
- Zwangseinweisung
- Zwangsgeld
- Zwangshandlung
- Zwangsheirat
- Zwangsherrschaft
- Zwangsidee
- Zwangsjacke
- Zwangslage
- Zwangsläufigkeit
- Zwangsmaßnahme
- Zwangsmitgliedschaft
- Zwangsneurose
- Zwangsprostituierte
- Zwangsprostitution
- Zwangsräumung
- Zwangssterilisierung
- Zwangsstörung
- Zwangsurlaub
- Zwangsversetzung
- Zwangsversteigerung
- Zwangsvollstreckung
- Zwangsvorstellung
Related terms
References
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Zwang”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
Further reading
- “Zwang” in Duden online
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