zwingle

Alemannic German

Etymology

Related to German zwingen (“to force”)

Verb

zwingle

1. (Uri, transitive) To force a child to stop crying.

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 61.