Masculine
Zwang
Meaning
compulsion, obligation, duress
Concepts
by force
against one’s will
using duress
forcing compliance
Synonyms
Erforderlichkeit
Weisung
Restriktion
Überwältigung
schwerer Druck
physische Gewalt
Zügelung
Einengung
Mahnungen
Pression
Wucht
Erzwingung
rohe Gewalt
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/t͡svaŋ/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German twanc, from Old High German geduang, from Proto-West Germanic *þwangi, from Proto-Germanic *þwangiz, Proto-Germanic *þwanguz (“coercion, constraint, band, clamp, strap”). Cognates include: Dutch dwang, Swedish tvång, and English thong.
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