bedrängen

== German == === Etymology === From a merger of: Middle High German bedrangen, bedrengen (both also attested in Early New High German), both from Old High German bidrangōn, from Proto-West Germanic *biþrangōn; and Middle High German bedringen (also attested in Early New High German), from Old High German bidringan, from Proto-West Germanic *biþringwan. All forms ultimatively from Proto-Indo-European *trenkʷ- (“to beat, hew, press”). Equivalent to be- +‎ drängen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [bəˈdʁɛŋən] Rhymes: -ɛŋən === Verb === bedrängen (weak, third-person singular present bedrängt, past tense bedrängte, past participle bedrängt, auxiliary haben) to beset, to harass to press hard; squeeze ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Bedrängen, Bedränger, Bedrängnis, Bedrängung bedrängend, bedrängt ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “bedrängen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “bedrängen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “bedrängen” in Duden online “bedrängen” in OpenThesaurus.de