Dutch

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdrɪŋə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: drin‧gen
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋən

Verb

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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

Conjugation

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Conjugation of dringen (strong class 3a)
infinitive dringen
past singular drong
past participle gedrongen
infinitive dringen
gerund dringen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular dring drong
2nd person sing. (jij) dringt, dring2 drong
2nd person sing. (u) dringt drong
2nd person sing. (gij) dringt drongt
3rd person singular dringt drong
plural dringen drongen
subjunctive sing.1 dringe dronge
subjunctive plur.1 dringen drongen
imperative sing. dring
imperative plur.1 dringt
participles dringend gedrongen
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German dringen, from Old High German dringan. Akin to drängen and Drang. Cognate with dialectal English thring and, more distantly, with English throng.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) to insist; to press [auxiliary haben]
    auf etwas dringento press for something / to insist on something
  2. (intransitive) to ooze; to seep [auxiliary sein]
    in etwas dringento seep into something
  3. (intransitive) to penetrate, to force one’s way [auxiliary sein]
    durch etwas dringento penetrate something (literally, “to force one’s way into something”)

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Further reading

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

Low German

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German dringen, from Old Saxon thringan. Cognate with English thring.

Verb

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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 dringento press for something, insist on something
  2. (intransitive, auxiliary: wesen) to ooze; to seep
    in wat dringento seep into something
  3. (intransitive, auxiliary: wesen) to force one’s way
    dörch wat dringento penetrate something (literally, “to force one’s way into something”)

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Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch *thringan.

Verb

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dringen

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

Inflection

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Strong class 3
Infinitive dringen
3rd sg. past dranc
3rd pl. past drongen
Past participle gedrongen
Infinitive dringen
In genitive dringens
In dative dringene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular dringe dranc
2nd singular drincs, dringes droncs, dronges
3rd singular drinct, dringet dranc
1st plural dringen drongen
2nd plural drinct, dringet dronct, dronget
3rd plural dringen drongen
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular dringe dronge
2nd singular drincs, dringes dronges
3rd singular dringe dronge
1st plural dringen drongen
2nd plural drinct, dringet dronget
3rd plural dringen drongen
Imperative Present
Singular drinc, dringe
Plural drinct, dringet
Present Past
Participle dringende gedrongen

Descendants

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  • Dutch: dringen
  • Limburgish: dringe

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