zwängen

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/
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Verb

zwängen (weak, third-person singular present zwängt, past tense zwängte, past participle gezwängt, auxiliary haben)

  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
  • “zwängen” in Duden online
  • “zwängen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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