German edit

Etymology edit

er- +‎ zwingen

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʔɛɐ̯ˈtsvɪŋən]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: er‧zwin‧gen
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋn̩

Verb edit

erzwingen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present erzwingt, past tense erzwang, past participle erzwungen, past subjunctive erzwänge, auxiliary haben)

  1. to force (cause to occur, overcoming resistance)

Conjugation edit

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Further reading edit

  • erzwingen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • erzwingen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • erzwingen” in Duden online
  • erzwingen” in OpenThesaurus.de