zudringen
German, verb
zudringen is spelled Z-U-D-R-I-N-G-E-N (9 letters). Zudringen is a German verb meaning “to approach, to come closer (perceived as uncomfortable or unsettling)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Zudringen is a different word: “gerund of zudringen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “näherkommen (was oftmals als gefährlich oder lästig empfunden wird)”.
What does zudringen mean in English?
verb
- 1
archaicto approach, to come closer (perceived as uncomfortable or unsettling)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of zudringen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. näherkommen (was oftmals als gefährlich oder lästig empfunden wird)
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 zudringen
- dringt zu present singular third-person
- drang zu past
- zugedrungen participle past
- dränge zu past subjunctive
- sein auxiliary
- 3 strong
- zudringend participle present
- zuzudringen infinitive infinitive-zu
- dringe zu first-person indicative present
- dringen zu first-person indicative plural
- dringst zu indicative present second-person
- dringest zu second-person singular subjunctive
- dringet zu plural second-person subjunctive
- drangen zu first-person indicative plural
- drängen zu first-person formal plural
- drangst zu indicative preterite second-person
- drangt zu indicative plural preterite
- drängest zu formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).