tvang

Danish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tvaŋˀ/, [ˈtˢʋ̥ɑŋˀ]

Etymology 1

From Old Danish thwang, from Middle Low German dwank, from Proto-Germanic *þwanguz, *þwangiz, cognate with Swedish tvång n, English thong, German Zwang, Old Norse þvengr (“thong”). Doublet of tvinge.

Noun

tvang c (singular definite tvangen, not used in plural form)

  1. coercion
  2. compulsion
Declension
Declension of tvang
common
gender		 Singular
indefinite definite
nominative tvang tvangen
genitive tvangs tvangens
Derived terms

References

Verb

tvang

  1. past tense of tvinge

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From the verb tvinge.

Noun

tvang m (definite singular tvangen, uncountable)

  1. force, coercion, duress
Derived terms

Verb

tvang

  1. simple past of tvinge

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the verb tvinge.

Noun

tvang m (definite singular tvangen, uncountable)

  1. force, coercion, duress

Derived terms

References

Swedish

Verb

tvang

  1. past indicative of tvinga
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