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Zwang

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German twanc, from Old High German geduang, from Proto-West Germanic *þwangi, from Proto-Germanic *þwangiz, Proto-Germanic *þwanguz (coercion, constraint, band, clamp, strap).[1]

Cognates include: Dutch dwang, Swedish tvång, and English thong.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡svaŋ/
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  • Rhymes: -aŋ

Noun

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Zwang m (strong, genitive Zwanges or Zwangs, plural Zwänge)

  1. compulsion, obligation, duress

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Zwang”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

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