Zwang

See also: zwang

German

Etymology

From Middle High German twanc, from Old High German geduang. Belongs to the verb zwingen.[1] Cognates include: Dutch dwang, Swedish tvång.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡svaŋ/
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  • Rhymes: -aŋ

Noun

Zwang m (genitive Zwangs or Zwanges, plural Zwänge)

  1. compulsion, obligation

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. Kluge, Friedrich (1989), “Zwang”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological dictionary of the German language] (in German), 22nd edition, →ISBN

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