Zwang.
compulsion, obligation, duress
Meaning & usage
compulsion, obligation, duress
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German twanc, from Old High German geduang, from Proto-West Germanic *þwangi, from Proto-Germanic *þwangiz, Proto-Germanic *þwanguz (“coercion, constraint, band, clamp, strap”). Cognates include: Dutch dwang, Swedish tvång, and English thong.
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