zwangsweise
German, adverb/ˈt͡svaŋsˌvaɪ̯zə/
zwangsweise is spelled Z-W-A-N-G-S-W-E-I-S-E (11 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written German, the 20,546th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zwangsweise is a German adverb meaning “compulsorily” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unter/durch (meist staatlichen beziehungsweise behördlichen) Zwang”.
What does zwangsweise mean in English?
adverb
- 1
compulsorily
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. unter/durch (meist staatlichen beziehungsweise behördlichen) Zwang 2. bedingt durch bestimmte Gegebenheiten
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce zwangsweise?
- /ˈt͡svaŋsˌvaɪ̯zə/
- [ˈt͡svaŋsˌvaɪ̯zə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zwangsweise
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zwangsweise in German?
zwangsweise appears 2.5 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).