drängen
German
editEtymology
editFrom a merger of:
- Middle High German drengen, from Old High German drengen, from Proto-West Germanic *þrangwijan, from Proto-Germanic *þrangwijaną; and
- drangen (obsolete), from Middle High German drangen, from Old High German drangōn, from Proto-West Germanic *þrangōn.
Ultimatively from Proto-Indo-European *trenkʷ- (“to beat, hew, press”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editdrängen (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
editinfinitive | drängen | ||||
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present participle | drängend | ||||
past participle | gedrängt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich dränge | wir drängen | i | ich dränge | wir drängen |
du drängst | ihr drängt | du drängest | ihr dränget | ||
er drängt | sie drängen | er dränge | sie drängen | ||
preterite | ich drängte | wir drängten | ii | ich drängte1 | wir drängten1 |
du drängtest | ihr drängtet | du drängtest1 | ihr drängtet1 | ||
er drängte | sie drängten | er drängte1 | sie drängten1 | ||
imperative | dräng (du) dränge (du) |
drängt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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editLuxembourgish
editEtymology
editFrom Old High German drengen, from Proto-Germanic *þrangwijaną. Cognate with German drängen.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editdrängen (third-person singular present drängt, past participle gedrängt, auxiliary verb hunn)
- to push
Conjugation
editRegular | ||
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infinitive | drängen | |
participle | gedrängt | |
auxiliary | hunn | |
present indicative |
imperative | |
1st singular | drängen | — |
2nd singular | drängs | dräng |
3rd singular | drängt | — |
1st plural | drängen | — |
2nd plural | drängt | drängt |
3rd plural | drängen | — |
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. |
Swedish
editNoun
editdrängen
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