zwangseinweisen
German, verb/ˈtsvaŋsˌ(ʔ)aɪ̯nˌvaɪ̯zən/
zwangseinweisen is spelled Z-W-A-N-G-S-E-I-N-W-E-I-S-E-N (15 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written German, the 458,101st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zwangseinweisen is a German verb meaning “to section (to subject a patient, usually a mental patient, to compulsory treatment in a clinic)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zwangsweise in eine psychiatrische Klinik oder ähnliche Einrichtung einweisen”.
What does zwangseinweisen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to section (to subject a patient, usually a mental patient, to compulsory treatment in a clinic)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. zwangsweise in eine psychiatrische Klinik oder ähnliche Einrichtung einweisen
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 zwangseinweisen
- zwangseinweist present singular third-person
- zwangseinwies past
- zwangseingewiesen participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 1 strong
- zwangseinweisend participle present
- zwangseinweise first-person indicative present
- zwangseinweisest second-person singular subjunctive
- zwangseinweiset plural second-person subjunctive
- zwangseinwiesen first-person indicative plural
- zwangseinwiese first-person formal rare
- zwangseinwiesest indicative preterite second-person
- zwangseinwiest indicative preterite second-person
- zwangseinwieset formal plural rare
- zwangseinweis imperative second-person singular
- zwangseinweise! imperative singular
- zwangseinweist! imperative plural
- zwangseingewiesen haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zwangseinweisen?
- /ˈtsvaŋsˌ(ʔ)aɪ̯nˌvaɪ̯zən/
- [ˈt͡svaŋsʔaɪ̯nˌvaɪ̯zn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zwangseinweisen in German?
zwangseinweisen appears about once in every 56 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).