zwängen

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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/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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  1. to force, cram

Conjugation

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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

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