Zwang
Word details
- German meaning
- Unerwartet; etwas, das nicht vorhergesehen wurde.
- English meaning
- Unforeseen, unexpected
- Synonym
- unerwartet, überraschend
- German example
- Ein unvorhergesehenes Ereignis zwang uns zur Änderung unserer Pläne.
- English example
- An unforeseen event forced us to change our plans.
Related words
- hemmungslos
Uninhibited
- neurotisch
Neurotic
- erzwungen
Forced
- unfrei
Unfree
- zwanghaft
Compulsive
- anankastisch
Anankastic means compulsive or dominated by obsessive ideas.
- degagiert
"degagiert" means relaxed, casual, self-assured, and detached in demeanor.
- kompulsiv
Compulsive means obsessive, driven by an inner urge to do something, often against one's own will.
- monoman
Monomaniacal
- suchtartig
Addictive
- ungehemmt
Uninhibited
- Schauer
shower
- Spielsucht
Gambling addiction
- Fron
Corvée refers to unpaid compulsory labor that a subject had to perform for their lord.
- Stalinismus
Stalinism refers to the political and economic ideology and practices associated with Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union, including totalitarian control, cult of personality, and repression.
- Trichomanie
Trichotillomania
- Internierung
Internment
- Pyromanie
Pyromania
- Pyromane
Pyromaniac
- Messie
Hoarder
- Abschub
Deportation
- Arbeitseinsatzführer
Labor deployment leader
- Koppelprodukt
Byproduct
- Muß
Necessity, compulsion
- Verkehrshubbel
speed bump
- Wucherpreis
Exorbitant price, gouging price
- Eugenik
Eugenics
- Vollstreckungsbefehl
Execution order
- Klönschnack
"Klönschnack" refers to a casual, informal conversation, mostly in North German regions.
- Zwangsheirat
Forced marriage, a marriage that takes place without the free and informed consent of both parties.
- Zwangsläufigkeit
Inevitability
- Umerziehung
re-education
- Umerziehungslager
A re-education camp is a facility where people are subjected to forced labor and indoctrination to be politically or ideologically reshaped.
- Zwangsvorstellung
Obsession
- Kontrollwahn
Control mania
- Zwangsehe
Forced marriage
- Kontrollzwang
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Zwangsurlaub
Mandatory vacation
- Raubkunst
looted art, plundered art
- Gulag
Gulag
- Schwitzkasten
headlock
- Tanzsucht
Dance mania is a compulsive desire or obsession to dance.
- Konsumterror
Consumerism pressure, tyranny of consumption
- Lügensucht
compulsive lying
- Umerzieher
A re-educator is a person who tries to change another person's beliefs or behavior through indoctrination or coercion.
- Umerzieherin
re-educator (female)
- Gänsemast
The practice of force-feeding geese to produce fatty liver (foie gras).
- Ungesundheit
Ill health
- Fremdarbeiter
A foreign worker is a person who comes from abroad to work in a particular country, often under difficult conditions. The term has a negative connotation, especially in connection with forced labor during World War II.