Dutch–English dictionary
English translation of the Dutch word dwang
| Dutch | English (translated indirectly) | Esperanto |
|---|---|---|
| (strafwerk; tuchthuisstraf) | ||
strait‐jacket | ||
contracture | ||
court‐ordered treatment | kuracado ordonita de tribunalo | |
🔗 Pascal P. heeft maandag acht jaar cel en TBS met dwangverpleging opgelegd gekregen voor het meer dan tien jaar lang misbruiken van de twee dochters van zijn vriendin. | ||
| (noodzaken; nopen; verplichten) | ; ; constrain ; necessitate | |
🔗 Ze knikte en dwong zichzelf te glimlachen. | ||
| Dutch | English |
|---|---|
| dwang | ⇆ coercion; ⇆ compulsion; ⇆ constraint; ⇆ duress; ⇆ enforcement; ⇆ pressure; ⇆ restraint |
| dwangarbeid | ⇆ hard labour; ⇆ penal servitude |
| dwangarbeider | ⇆ convict |
| dwangbevel | ⇆ distress‐warrant; ⇆ warrant; ⇆ writ |
| dwangbuis | ⇆ strait‐jacket |
| dwanggedachte | ⇆ obsession |
| dwanghandeling | ⇆ compulsion; ⇆ compulsive act; ⇆ obsessional act |
| dwangmaatregel | ⇆ sanction; ⇆ coercive measure |
| dwangmatig | ⇆ compulsive |
| dwangmiddel | ⇆ means of coercion |
| dwangnagel | ⇆ agnail |
| dwangpositie | ⇆ squeeze; ⇆ embarrassing situation; ⇆ plight |
| dwangsom | ⇆ penal sum |
| dwangverpleging | ⇆ court‐ordered treatment |
| dwangvoorstelling | ⇆ compulsion; ⇆ obsession; ⇆ fixed idea |
| dwingen | ⇆ coerce; ⇆ coerce into; ⇆ compel; ⇆ constrain; ⇆ dragoon; ⇆ enforce; ⇆ force; ⇆ necessitate; ⇆ press‐gang; ⇆ be tyrannically insistent |
| geloofsdwang | ⇆ coercion in religious matters; ⇆ constraint in religious matters; ⇆ religious constraint |
| gewetensdwang | ⇆ moral constraint |
| lijfsdwang | ⇆ attachment; ⇆ constraint; ⇆ physical force |
| rechtsdwang | ⇆ judicial constraint |