wringen

From Middle Dutch wringen, from Old Dutch *wringan, from Proto-Germanic *wringaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvrɪŋə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋən

wringen

1. to wring

   kleren wringen ― wring clothes

2. to twist

   iemand's arm wringen ― twist someone's arm

3. to wrest

   iemand iets uit de handen wringen ― wrest from someone's hands

4. to wriggle, to squirm, to writhe

   zich in allerlei bochten wringen ― wringle

• Negerhollands: wring, friṅ

Borrowed from German Low German wringen, from Middle Low German wringen, from Old Saxon wringan, from Proto-West Germanic *wringan, from Proto-Germanic *wringaną. German cognates include ringen, renken and würgen. Compare also Low German wringen, Dutch wringen, English wring.

• IPA^(key): /vʁɪŋən/, [vʁɪŋən], [vʁɪŋŋ̩]

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋən

wringen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present wringt, past tense wrang, past participle gewrungen, past subjunctive wränge, auxiliary haben)

1. to wring (clothes)

• Wringer, Wringung
• verwringen

• Wringen
• wringend
• auswringen
• ringen

• “wringen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “wringen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “wringen” in Duden online
• “wringen” in OpenThesaurus.de

From Old Dutch *wringan, from Proto-Germanic *wringaną.

wringen

1. (transitive) to wring
2. (transitive) to wrest
3. (transitive) to twist
4. (intransitive) to wrestle, to struggle

• Dutch: wringen
  • Afrikaans: wring
• Limburgish: wringe

• “wringhen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “wringen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

wringen

1. alternative form of wryngen