dringen
German (Berlin)
/ˈdʀɪŋən/
verb-strong
Definitions
- (intransitive) to insist; to press
- (intransitive) to ooze; to seep
- (intransitive) to penetrate, to force one’s way
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German dringan inherited from Proto-Germanic *þrinhwaną (press, push, crush, throng).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*þrinhwaną
Gloss
press, push, crush, throng
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- thring English
- Dringlichkeit German
- Eindringtiefe German
- abdringen German
- aufdringen German
- dringlich German
- durch German
- durchdringen German
- eindringen German
- eindringlich German
- vordringen German
- *trenkʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *þrinhwaną Proto-Germanic
- beþringan Old English
- geþringan Old English
- ymbþringan Old English
- þringan Old English
- thringen Middle English
- þryngva Old Norse
- trænge Danish
- dringan Old High German
- dringen Middle High German
- andréngen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- dréngen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌸𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *thringan Old Dutch
- thringan Old Saxon
- thringa Old Frisian