Zwinge
German, noun
Zwinge is spelled Z-W-I-N-G-E (6 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 36,256th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zwinge is a German feminine noun meaning “vise (such as a bench vise)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, zwinge is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Werkzeug mit verstellbaren Backen, zwischen denen etwas eingeklemmt werden kann”.
What does Zwinge mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevise (such as a bench vise)
- 2
feminineclamp
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Werkzeug mit verstellbaren Backen, zwischen denen etwas eingeklemmt werden kann 2. fester Ring, um etwas zusammenzuhalten
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 Zwinge
- Zwingen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Zwinge
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zwinge in German?
Zwinge appears 1.1 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).