dwingen

From Middle Dutch dwingen, from Old Dutch *thwingan, from Proto-West Germanic *þwingan, from Proto-Germanic *þwinhaną, *þwinganą.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʋɪŋə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: dwin‧gen
• Rhymes: -ɪŋən

dwingen

1. (transitive) to force, coerce (someone)

   Synonym: forceren

   De overvallers probeerden de winkelbediende te dwingen de kluis te openen.

   The robbers tried to force the store clerk to open the safe.

   Ik zal je niet dwingen om te komen, maar ik zou het op prijs stellen.

   I won't force you to come, but I would appreciate it.

2. (transitive) to constrain, enforce, cause inevitably

   De wet kan bedrijven dwingen milieuvriendelijke maatregelen te nemen.

   The law can constrain companies to take environmentally friendly measures.

   De omstandigheden dwongen ons om een beslissing te nemen.

   The circumstances enforced us to make a decision.

   De veranderingen in de markt dwingen het bedrijf om zich aan te passen.

   The market changes cause inevitably the company to adapt.

3. (transitive) to insist forcefully

• dwang
• dwingeland
• dwingend
• dwingerig
• afdwingen
• bedwingen
• ongedwongen

• Afrikaans: dwing
• Negerhollands: twing, dwing
• → Aukan: dwengi
• → Papiamentu: dwinge (dated)
• → Sranan Tongo: dwengi, dwingi
  • → Caribbean Javanese: dwéngi

• wending

From Middle Low German dwingen, from Old Saxon *thwingan, from Proto-West Germanic *þwingan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdvɪŋən/, [ˈdʋɪŋən], [ˈdʋɪŋŋ̩]

dwingen (third-person singular simple present dwingt, past tense dwung, past participle dwungen, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. (transitive or reflexive) to force; to compel; to make (someone do something)
2. (intransitive, with "to ...") to necessitate; to call for

From Old Dutch *thwingan

dwingen

1. to press tight, to squeeze, to pinch
2. to hurt, to torment
3. to pressure (mentally)
4. to subdue, to impose one's will on, to have under one's control
5. to force, to compel

• Dutch: dwingen
• Limburgish: dwinge

• “dwinghen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “dwingen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN