dwingen

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to force, coerce (someone)
  2. (transitive) to constrain, enforce, cause inevitably
  3. (transitive) to insist forcefully

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdʋɪŋə(n)/
Etymology

In summary

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

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