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dringen

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch dringen, from Old Dutch *thringan, from Proto-West Germanic *þringwan, from Proto-Germanic *þrinhwaną.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdrɪŋə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: drin‧gen
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋən

Verb

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dringen

  1. (intransitive) to press, push (into a tight space, a crowd etc)
  2. (intransitive) to insist
  3. (intransitive) to force entry
  4. (intransitive) to be short in supply (of time, etc)
    de tijd dringt
    time is short

Conjugation

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Conjugation of dringen (strong class 3a)
infinitive dringen
past singular drong
past participle gedrongen
infinitive dringen
gerund dringen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular dring drong
2nd person sing. (jij) dringt, dring2 drong
2nd person sing. (u) dringt drong
2nd person sing. (gij) dringt drongt
3rd person singular dringt drong
plural dringen drongen
subjunctive sing.1 dringe dronge
subjunctive plur.1 dringen drongen
imperative sing. dring
imperative plur.1 dringt
participles dringend gedrongen
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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adjectives

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German dringen, from Old High German dringan. Akin to drängen and Drang. Cognate with dialectal English thring and, more distantly, with English throng.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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dringen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present dringt, past tense drang, past participle gedrungen, past subjunctive dränge, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (intransitive) to insist; to press [auxiliary haben]
    auf etwas dringento press for something / to insist on something
  2. (intransitive) to ooze; to seep [auxiliary sein]
    in etwas dringento seep into something
  3. (intransitive) to penetrate, to force one’s way [auxiliary sein]
    durch etwas dringento penetrate something (literally, “to force one’s way into something”)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • dringen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • dringen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • dringen” in Duden online
  • dringen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Low German

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German dringen, from Old Saxon thringan. Cognate with English thring.

Verb

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dringen (third-person singular simple present dringt, past tense drung, past participle drungen, auxiliary verb wesen or hebben)

  1. (intransitive, auxiliary hebben) to insist; to press
    op wat dringento press for something, insist on something
  2. (intransitive, auxiliary: wesen) to ooze; to seep
    in wat dringento seep into something
  3. (intransitive, auxiliary: wesen) to force one’s way
    dörch wat dringento penetrate something (literally, “to force one’s way into something”)

Conjugation

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Conjugation of dringen (class 3 strong verb)
infinitive dringen
present preterite
1st person singular dring drung
2nd person singular drings(t) drungs(t)
3rd person singular dring(t) drung
plural dringt, dringen drungen
imperative
singular dring
plural dringt
present past
participle dringen (e)drungen, gedrungen

Note: This conjugation is one of many.
Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch *thringan.

Verb

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dringen

  1. to press, to push
  2. to force one's way
  3. to pressure, to bother
  4. to extort

Inflection

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Conjugation of dringen (strong class 3)
infinitive base form dringen
genitive dringens
dative dringene
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular dringe dranc dringe dronge
2nd person singular drincs, dringes droncs, dronges drincs, dringes dronges
3rd person singular drinct, dringet dranc dringe dronge
1st person plural dringen drongen dringen drongen
2nd person plural drinct, dringet dronct, dronget drinct, dringet dronget
3rd person plural dringen drongen dringen drongen
imperative
singular drinc, dringe
plural drinct, dringet
present past
participle dringende gedrongen

Descendants

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  • Dutch: dringen
  • Limburgish: dringe

Further reading

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