bedrängen
- (weak) to beset, to harass
- (weak) to press hard; squeeze
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Etymology
From a merger of: * Middle High German bedrangen, bedrengen (both also attested in Early New High German), both from Old High German bidrangōn, from Proto-West Germanic *biþrangōn; and * Middle High German bedringen (also attested in Early New High German), from Old High German bidringan, from Proto-West Germanic *biþringwan. All forms ultimatively from Proto-Indo-European *trenkʷ- (“to beat, hew, press”). Equivalent to be- + drängen.
nicht in Ruhe lassen
auf den Pelz rücken
lästig werden
nachsuchen
sich drohend nähern
keine Ruhe geben
zudringlich werden
unter Druck setzen
lästig fallen
lästig sein
in Bedrängnis bringen
im Nacken sitzen
auf die Pelle rücken
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