tvinge

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Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Danish thwængæ (“thong”), from Old Norse þvengr, from Proto-Germanic *þwanguz, *þwangiz, cognate with English thong, German Zwang. Doublet of tvang. Related to the following verb.

Noun

tvinge c (singular definite tvingen, plural indefinite tvinger)

  1. clamp
Declension
Declension of tvinge
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tvinge tvingen tvinger tvingerne
genitive tvinges tvingens tvingers tvingernes
Derived terms

References

Etymology 2

From Old Norse þvinga, from Proto-Germanic *þwinhaną, cognate with Swedish tvinga, German zwingen, Dutch dwingen.

Verb

tvinge (past tense tvang, past participle tvunget, attributive common tvungen, attributive definite or plural tvungne)

  1. to force
  2. to compel
Conjugation
Inflection of tvinge
present past
simple tvinger tvang
perfect har tvunget havde tvunget
passive tvinges —
participle tvingende tvunget
imperative tving —
infinitive tvinge —
auxiliary verb have —
gerund tvingen —
Derived terms

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse þvinga. Cognates: see German zwingen.

Verb

tvinge (imperative tving, present tense tvinger, passive tvinges, simple past tvang, past participle tvunget, present participle tvingende)

  1. to force
  2. to compel

References

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