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Zwang

See also: zwang

German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German twanc, from Old High German geduang, from Proto-West Germanic *þwangi, from Proto-Germanic *þwangiz, Proto-Germanic *þwanguz (“coercion, constraint, band, clamp, strap”).[1]

Cognates include: Dutch dwang, Swedish tvång, and English thong.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

Zwang m (strong, genitive Zwanges or Zwangs, plural Zwänge)

  1. compulsion, obligation, duress

Declension edit

Declension of Zwang [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Zwang die Zwänge
genitive eines des Zwanges, Zwangs der Zwänge
dative einem dem Zwang, Zwange1 den Zwängen
accusative einen den Zwang die Zwänge

1Now rare, see notes.

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References edit

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Zwang”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

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