zurückdrängen

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German

Etymology

From zurück- +‎ drängen.

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  • Hyphenation: zu‧rück‧drän‧gen

Verb

zurückdrängen (weak, third-person singular present drängt zurück, past tense drängte zurück, past participle zurückgedrängt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to push back, to repel
    • 1906, Führer durch Coswig, Kötitz, Neu-Coswig und Umgegend, Ziegner, page 9:
      Durch Sorben, die von den Deutschen zurückgedrängt wurden, ist Coswig um 900 gegründet worden, in gleicher Zeit auch Kötitz.
      Coswig was founded around 900 by the Sorbs, who were pushed back by the Germans, at the same time also Kötitz.

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