dringen

From Middle Dutch dringen, from Old Dutch *thringan, from Proto-Germanic *þrinhwaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɪŋə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋən

dringen

1. (intransitive) to press, push (into a tight space, a crowd etc)
2. (intransitive) to insist
3. (intransitive) to force entry
4. (intransitive) to be short in supply (of time, etc)

   de tijd dringt

   time is short

• aandringen
• afdringen
• doordringen
• binnendringen
• opdringen
• terugdringen
• verdringen
• voordringen

From Old High German dringan, from Proto-Germanic *þrinhwaną. Cognate with English thring.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʀɪŋən/
• Hyphenation: dring‧en

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋn̩

dringen (class 3 strong, third-person singular simple present dringt, past tense drang, past participle gedrungen, past subjunctive dränge, auxiliary haben or sein)

1. (intransitive, auxiliary: “haben”) to insist; to press

   auf etwas dringen — “to press for something” or “to insist on something”

2. (intransitive, auxiliary: “sein”) to ooze; to seep

   in etwas dringen — “to seep into something”

3. (intransitive, auxiliary: “sein”) to force one’s way

   durch etwas dringen — “to penetrate something” (literally, “to force one’s way into something”)

• Eindringling
• eindringen
• durchdringen
• hereindringen
• vordringen

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From Old Saxon thringan, from Proto-Germanic *þrinhwaną. Cognate with English thring.

dringen (third-person singular simple present dringt, past tense drung, past participle drungen, auxiliary verb wesen or hebben)

1. (intransitive, auxiliary hebben) to insist; to press

   op wat dringen ― to press for something, insist on something

2. (intransitive, auxiliary: wesen) to ooze; to seep

   in wat dringen ― to seep into something

3. (intransitive, auxiliary: wesen) to force one’s way

   dörch wat dringen ― to penetrate something (literally, “to force one’s way into something”)

From Old Dutch *thringan, from Proto-Germanic *þrinhwaną.

dringen

1. to press, to push
2. to force one's way
3. to pressure, to bother
4. to extort

• Dutch: dringen
• Limburgish: dringe

• “dringhen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “dringen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929