dringen
German, verb/ˈdʁɪŋən/
dringen is spelled D-R-I-N-G-E-N (7 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written German, the 17,258th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dringen is a German verb meaning “to insist; to press” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich einen Weg bahnen, insbesondere Licht, Rauch und Ähnliches”.
What does dringen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to insist; to press
auf etwas dringen
- 2
to ooze; to seep
in etwas dringen
- 3
to penetrate, to force one’s way
durch etwas dringen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich einen Weg bahnen, insbesondere Licht, Rauch und Ähnliches 2. etwas fordern, auf etwas bestehen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dringen
- dringt present singular third-person
- drang past
- gedrungen participle past
- dränge past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- 3 strong
- haben or sein auxiliary
- dringend participle present
- dringe first-person indicative present
- dringst indicative present second-person
- dringest second-person singular subjunctive
- dringet plural second-person subjunctive
- drangen first-person indicative plural
- drängen first-person formal plural
- drangst indicative preterite second-person
- drangt indicative plural preterite
- drängest formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dringen?
- /ˈdʁɪŋən/
- [ˈdʁɪŋən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dringen in German?
dringen appears 3.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).