"dwingan" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Old High German]

Forms: thuuingan [alternative], duuingan [alternative], tuuingan [alternative]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þwingan Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|goh|gmw-pro|*þwingan|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-West Germanic *þwingan, {{inh+|goh|gmw-pro|*þwingan}} Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þwingan Head templates: {{head|goh|verb|head=|head2=|sort=}} dwingan, {{goh-verb}} dwingan
  1. constrict, tie (together)
    Sense id: en-dwingan-goh-verb-lddS7vgJ
  2. suppress, subjugate, cast down
    Sense id: en-dwingan-goh-verb-8X6YY7rx Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 28 17 14 14 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 43 15 11 10 10
  3. squeeze, compress, restrict
    Sense id: en-dwingan-goh-verb-koASjxUl Categories (other): Old High German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old High German entries with incorrect language header: 6 23 31 19 16 5
  4. force, coerce
    Sense id: en-dwingan-goh-verb-sApbtsDH
  5. tame, subdue, restrain
    Sense id: en-dwingan-goh-verb-v-SJfSyC
  6. harass
    Sense id: en-dwingan-goh-verb-a8ly1nJa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dwang, dwengen, dwing, dwinganto, dwingnussi, gidwunganlīhho, gidwungano, gidwunganī, ungidwungan
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    },
    {
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      "word": "dwing"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dwinganto"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dwingnussi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "gidwunganlīhho"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "gidwungano"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "gidwunganī"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ungidwungan"
    }
  ],
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          "lang_code": "de",
          "word": "zwingen"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "gmh",
      "word": "twingen"
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    },
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        ]
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          "harass"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dwingan"
}
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      "word": "dwang"
    },
    {
      "word": "dwengen"
    },
    {
      "word": "dwing"
    },
    {
      "word": "dwinganto"
    },
    {
      "word": "dwingnussi"
    },
    {
      "word": "gidwunganlīhho"
    },
    {
      "word": "gidwungano"
    },
    {
      "word": "gidwunganī"
    },
    {
      "word": "ungidwungan"
    }
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    },
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    },
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          "subdue"
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        ]
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}

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