afdwingen
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch afdwingen. Equivalent to af + dwingen.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
afdwingen
- (transitive) to coerce, obtain by force
- Hij probeerde zijn wil op anderen te afdwingen door dreigementen.
- He tried to coerce others by using threats.
- De misdadiger probeerde geld te afdwingen door een gijzelaar te nemen.
- The criminal tried to obtain by force by taking a hostage.
- (transitive) to enforce
- De nieuwe regels zullen strenger worden afgedwongen om de veiligheid te verbeteren.
- The new rules will be enforced more strictly to improve safety.
- Het is belangrijk dat de wetten worden afgedwongen om eerlijke concurrentie te waarborgen.
- It is important that the laws are enforced to ensure fair competition.
Inflection edit
| Inflection of afdwingen (strong class 3a, separable) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | afdwingen | |||
| past singular | dwong af | |||
| past participle | afgedwongen | |||
| infinitive | afdwingen | |||
| gerund | afdwingen n | |||
| main clause | subordinate clause | |||
| present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
| 1st person singular | dwing af | dwong af | afdwing | afdwong |
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | dwingt af | dwong af | afdwingt | afdwong |
| 2nd person sing. (u) | dwingt af | dwong af | afdwingt | afdwong |
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | dwingt af | dwongt af | afdwingt | afdwongt |
| 3rd person singular | dwingt af | dwong af | afdwingt | afdwong |
| plural | dwingen af | dwongen af | afdwingen | afdwongen |
| subjunctive sing.1 | dwinge af | dwonge af | afdwinge | afdwonge |
| subjunctive plur.1 | dwingen af | dwongen af | afdwingen | afdwongen |
| imperative sing. | dwing af | |||
| imperative plur.1 | dwingt af | |||
| participles | afdwingend | afgedwongen | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||