Zwinge

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) vise (such as a bench vise)
2. (feminine) clamp

Name

Zwinge (a village in Thuringia, Germany)

Concepts

ferrule

clamp

🗜️

collet

butt end

shoe

👞

hard tip

Zwinge

Synonyms

Augenbraue

Erzählung

Geschichte

Klammer

🗜️

Krämer

Märchen

Novelle

Ringbeschlag

Schacherer

Stirnrunzeln

Reif

Kolben einer Lanze

unteres Ende eines Stockes

Stockspitze

Klemmring

Stockzwinge

Druckhülse

Endring

Translations

schroef

virola

contera

Zwinge

torno

Zwinge

ceño

cuento

zuncho

vilorta

regatón

yüksük

virolla

demir halka

virole

Pronounced as (IPA)

/t͡svɪŋˌə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: twenge

Cognate with German: zwängen

Cognate with Danish: tvinge

Cognate with German: Zwang

In summary

From Middle High German twenge and Middle Low German dwenge (“constraint, clamp”), derived from Middle High German twengen (“to squeeze, force, cram”) (> modern German zwängen) and Middle Low German dwengen (“to squeeze, press”). Cognate with Danish tvinge and German Zwang.