tvang

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tvaŋˀ/, [ˈtˢʋ̥ɑŋˀ]

Etymology 1

From Old Danish thwang, from Middle Low German dwank, from Proto-Germanic *þwanguz, *þwangiz, cognate with Swedish tvång n, English thong, German Zwang, Old Norse þvengr (“thong”). Doublet of tvinge.

Noun

tvang c (singular definite tvangen, not used in plural form)

1. coercion
2. compulsion

Declension

common gender	Singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	tvang	tvangen
genitive	tvangs	tvangens

Declension of tvang

Derived terms

• tvangfri
• tvangsarbejde
• tvangsauktion
• tvangsdøbe
• tvangsfjerne
• tvangsforflytte
• tvangshandling
• tvangsindgreb
• tvangsmæssig
• tvangstanke
• tvangsægteskab

 

References

• “tvang” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

Verb

tvang

1. past tense of tvinge

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

tvang

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology 1

From the verb tvinge.

Noun

tvang m (definite singular tvangen, uncountable)

1. force, coercion, duress

Derived terms

• tvangsarbeid
• tvangsflytte
• tvangssalg
• tvangstrøye

Etymology 2

Verb

tvang

1. simple past of tvinge

References

• “tvang” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the verb tvinge.

Noun

tvang m (definite singular tvangen, uncountable)

1. force, coercion, duress

Derived terms

• tvangsarbeid
• tvangsflytte
• tvangstrøye

References

• “tvang” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Verb

tvang

1. past indicative of tvinga