dwang

Borrowed from Dutch dwang, from Middle Dutch dwanc.

• IPA^(key): /dwæŋ/

• Audio (southern England)

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• Rhymes: -æŋ

dwang (plural dwangs)

1. (carpentry, Scotland, New Zealand) A horizontal timber (or steel) section used in the construction of a building.
2. A large metal crowbar.

• dwang in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

From Middle Dutch dwanc, from Old Dutch *thwang, from Proto-West Germanic *þwangi, from Proto-Germanic *þwangiz.

• IPA^(key): /dʋɑŋ/

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• Hyphenation: dwang
• Rhymes: -ɑŋ

dwang m (uncountable)

1. coercion, compulsion

• dwangarbeid, dwangarbeider
• dwangbevel
• dwangbuis
• dwangmaatregel
• dwangmatig
• dwangmiddel
• dwangnagel
• dwangpositie
• dwangrail
• dwangsom
• dwangvoorstelling
• dwangzet
• huwelijksdwang
• lijfsdwang

• dwingen

• Afrikaans: dwang
• Negerhollands: twang
• → Indonesian: paksaan (semantic loan)

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]