dwingen

From Middle Dutch dwingen, from Old Dutch *thwingan, from Proto-West Germanic *þwingan, from Proto-Germanic *þwinhaną, *þwinganą.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʋɪŋə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: dwin‧gen
• Rhymes: -ɪŋən

dwingen

1. (transitive) to force, coerce (someone)

   Synonym: forceren

2. (transitive) to constrain, enforce, cause inevitably
3. (transitive) to insist forcefully

• dwang
• dwingeland
• dwingend
• dwingerig
• afdwingen
• bedwingen
• ongedwongen

• Afrikaans: dwing
• Negerhollands: twing, dwing
• → Aukan: dwengi
• → Papiamentu: dwinge (dated)
• → Sranan Tongo: dwengi, dwingi
  • → Caribbean Javanese: dwéngi

• wending

From Middle Low German dwingen, from Old Saxon *thwingan, from Proto-West Germanic *þwingan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdvɪŋən/, [ˈdʋɪŋən], [ˈdʋɪŋŋ̩]

dwingen (third-person singular simple present dwingt, past tense dwung, past participle dwungen, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. (transitive or reflexive) to force; to compel; to make (someone do something)
2. (intransitive, with "to ...") to necessitate; to call for

From Old Dutch *thwingan

dwingen

1. to press tight, to squeeze, to pinch
2. to hurt, to torment
3. to pressure (mentally)
4. to subdue, to impose one's will on, to have under one's control
5. to force, to compel

• Dutch: dwingen
• Limburgish: dwinge

• “dwinghen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “dwingen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN