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Danish
Pronunciation
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)
- coercion
- compulsion
Declension
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Etymology 2
Verb
tvang
- past tense of tvinge
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From the verb tvinge.
Noun
tvang m (definite singular tvangen, uncountable)
- force, coercion, duress
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
tvang
- simple past of tvinge
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From the verb tvinge.
Noun
tvang m (definite singular tvangen, uncountable)
- force, coercion, duress
Derived terms
References
Swedish
Verb
tvang
- past indicative of tvinga