dringen

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɪŋə(n)/

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Verb

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

Etymology

From Old High German dringan, from Proto-Germanic *þrinhwaną. Cognate with English thring.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʀɪŋən/
• Hyphenation: dring‧en

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋn̩

Verb

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

1. (intransitive, auxiliary: “haben”) to insist; to press

   auf etwas dringen — “to press for something” or “to insist on something”

2. (intransitive, auxiliary: “sein”) to ooze; to seep

   in etwas dringen — “to seep into something”

3. (intransitive, auxiliary: “sein”) to force one’s way

   durch etwas dringen — “to penetrate something” (literally, “to force one’s way into something”)

Further reading

• dringen in Duden online

Etymology

From Old Saxon thringan, from Proto-Germanic *þrinhwaną. Cognate with English thring.

Verb

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 dringen ― to press for something, insist on something

2. (intransitive, auxiliary: wesen) to ooze; to seep

   in wat dringen ― to seep into something

3. (intransitive, auxiliary: wesen) to force one’s way

   dörch wat dringen ― to penetrate something (literally, “to force one’s way into something”)

Etymology

From Old Dutch *thringan, from Proto-Germanic *þrinhwaną.

Verb

dringen

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

Further reading

• “dringhen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “dringen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929