Zwangsernährung
German, noun/ˈt͡svaŋsʔɛɐ̯ˌnɛːʁʊŋ/
Zwangsernährung is spelled Z-W-A-N-G-S-E-R-N-Ä-H-R-U-N-G (15 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 247,831st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zwangsernährung is a German feminine noun meaning “force-feeding” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zwangsweise Ernährung, gewaltsam und gegen den Willen von jemandem durchgeführte Zufuhr von Nahrung”.
What does Zwangsernährung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineforce-feeding
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. zwangsweise Ernährung, gewaltsam und gegen den Willen von jemandem durchgeführte Zufuhr von Nahrung
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 Zwangsernährung
- Zwangsernährungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zwangsernährung?
- /ˈt͡svaŋsʔɛɐ̯ˌnɛːʁʊŋ/
- [ˈt͡svaŋsʔɛɐ̯ˌnɛːʁʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Zwangsernährung in German?
Zwangsernährung appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).