drängen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German and Old High German drengen, from Proto-West Germanic *þrangwijan. Akin to the verb dringen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʁɛŋən/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: drän‧gen
Verb
drängen (weak, third-person singular present drängt, past tense drängte, past participle gedrängt, auxiliary haben)
- to press, to push
- 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 35:
- Immer mehr Leute drängten in den kleinen Raum und zwängten sich zwischen Tischen und Stühlen durch.
- More and more people pushed into the small room and squeezed themselves through between the tables and chairs.
Conjugation
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Derived terms
- Drängen, Dränger
- bedrängen, verdrängen
Related terms
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German drengen, from Proto-Germanic *þrangwijaną. Cognate with Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʀæŋen/, [ˈdʀæŋən]
Verb
drängen (third-person singular present drängt, past participle gedrängt, auxiliary verb hunn)
- to push
Conjugation
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
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