Sentence examples of "Zwingen" in German with translation "compel"

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Translations: all70 force oneself27 force26 make9 compel5 oblige1 impel1 other translations1

Ich war gezwungen, dort hinzugehen. I was compelled to go there.

Niemand darf gezwungen werden, einer Vereinigung anzugehören. No one may be compelled to belong to an association.

Ich wurde gezwungen, die Arbeit alleine zu machen. I was compelled to do the work alone.

Des Sturmes wegen waren wir gezwungen, zuhause zu bleiben. We were compelled to stay at home on account of the storm.

Das erste newtonsche Gesetz sagt aus: "Ein Körper verharrt im Zustand der Ruhe oder der gleichförmigen Translation, sofern er nicht durch einwirkende Kräfte zur Änderung seines Zustands gezwungen wird." Newton's First Law says: "Every object persists in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed on it".

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