zwängen
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German twengen, from Old High German dwengen, probably derived from Zwang.[1] Causative to zwingen.[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]zwängen (weak, third-person singular present zwängt, past tense zwängte, past participle gezwängt, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | zwängen | ||||
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present participle | zwängend | ||||
past participle | gezwängt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich zwänge | wir zwängen | i | ich zwänge | wir zwängen |
du zwängst | ihr zwängt | du zwängest | ihr zwänget | ||
er zwängt | sie zwängen | er zwänge | sie zwängen | ||
preterite | ich zwängte | wir zwängten | ii | ich zwängte1 | wir zwängten1 |
du zwängtest | ihr zwängtet | du zwängtest1 | ihr zwängtet1 | ||
er zwängte | sie zwängten | er zwängte1 | sie zwängten1 | ||
imperative | zwäng (du) zwänge (du) |
zwängt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer: Etymologisches Wörterbuch.
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