zwingen

A1#819

Hear it

verb

to force; to compel; to makesomeone do something
to (strictly) necessitate, to force

Forms

Present

I	zwinge
you	zwingst
he, she, it	zwingt
we	zwingen
you (plural)	zwingt
they	zwingen

Preterite

I	zwang
you	zwangst
he, she, it	zwang
we	zwangen
you (plural)	zwangt
they	zwangen

Subjunctive I

I	zwinge
you	zwingest
he, she, it	zwinge
we	zwingen
you (plural)	zwinget
they	zwingen

Subjunctive II

I	zwänge
you	zwängest / zwängst
he, she, it	zwänge
we	zwängen
you (plural)	zwänget / zwängt
they	zwängen

Imperative

you	zwing / zwinge
you (plural)	zwingt

Other forms

infinitive	zwingen
past participle	gezwungen
present participle	zwingend

Used in the library

Niemand kann dich zwingen.Nobody can force you.A1Tun und Bewegen — Doing and moving (A1)
Erlaub mir das, niemand kann dich zwingen.Allow me that — nobody can force you.A1Noch einmal, bitte (5) — Once more, please (5) (A1)
Wir nutzen die Zeit, niemand kann uns zwingen.We use the time; nobody can force us.A1Noch einmal, bitte (4) — Once more, please (4) (A1)
„Kessler hat meinen Vater erpresst", sagt er, „ich wollte ihn nur zwingen, uns in Ruhe zu lassen.""Kessler was blackmailing my father," he says, "I only wanted to force him to leave us alone."A2Der Tote im Bootshaus — The dead man in the boathouse (A2)

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