zwängen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German twengen, from Old High German dwengen, probably derived from Zwang.[1] Causative to zwingen.[2]
Pronunciation
Verb
Conjugation
Derived terms
References
- ^ 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.
Further reading
- “zwängen” in Duden online