aufdrängen

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German

Etymology

auf +‎ drängen

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  • Hyphenation: auf‧drän‧gen

Verb

aufdrängen (weak, third-person singular present drängt auf, past tense drängte auf, past participle aufgedrängt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to force on, to impose on
    • 1919, Walther Kabel, Irrende Seelen, Werner Dietsch Verlag, page 7:
      Unsinnige Gedanken durchzuckten mein Hirn, Gedanken, vor denen ich zurückbebte und die sich mir trotzdem immer wieder aufdrängten.
      Nonsensical thoughts flashed through my brain, thoughts from which I flinched back and which nevertheless forced themselves upon me repeatedly.

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