tvinge

• IPA^(key): /tveŋə/, [ˈtˢʋ̥eŋə]

From Old Danish thwængæ (“thong”), from Old Norse þvengr, from Proto-Germanic *þwanguz, *þwangiz, cognate with English thong, German Zwang. Doublet of tvang. Related to the following verb.

tvinge c (singular definite tvingen, plural indefinite tvinger)

1. clamp

• skotvinge
• skruetvinge

• “Tvinge,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

From Old Norse þvinga, from Proto-Germanic *þwinhaną, cognate with Swedish tvinga, German zwingen, Dutch dwingen.

tvinge (past tense tvang, past participle tvunget, attributive common tvungen, attributive definite or plural tvungne)

1. to force
2. to compel

• betvinge
• påtvinge
• tiltvinge
• undertvinge

• “tvinge” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “tvinge,3” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

From Old Norse þvinga. Cognates: see German zwingen.

tvinge (imperative tving, present tense tvinger, passive tvinges, simple past tvang, past participle tvunget, present participle tvingende)

1. to force
2. to compel

• tvang (noun)

• “tvinge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.