nötigen

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnøːtɪɡən/, [-ɡŋ̍], [-ɡən]
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  • Hyphenation: nö‧ti‧gen

Etymology 1

From Middle High German nōtigen, from Old High German nōtigōn. Equivalent to nötig +‎ -en.

Verb

nötigen (weak, third-person singular present nötigt, past tense nötigte, past participle genötigt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (especially law) to coerce (force someone through violence or threat)
  2. (otherwise more often) to oblige, railroad (make someone do something through cajolement, haste, moral pressure, etc.)
Conjugation

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Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

See the lemma.

Adjective

nötigen

  1. inflection of nötig:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Further reading
  • “nötigen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “nötigen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “nötigen” in Duden online
  • “nötigen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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