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ringen.

to wrestle

6 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈʁɪŋən/[ˈʁɪŋən][ˈʁɪŋŋ̩]
  1. to wrestle

    class-3 · intransitive · strong
  2. to struggle

    class-3 · intransitive · strong
  3. to wring (for example “hands”; but not “clothes”, for that see wringen)

    class-3 · strong · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German ringen, from Old High German ringan, from Proto-West Germanic *wringan, from Proto-Germanic *wringaną. Cognate with wringen (from Low German), English wring, and Dutch wringen.

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