German verb · CEFR B2
gezwungen
Meaning in English: forced
This is a form of zwingen, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.
Example
Wegen des Streiks waren wir gezwungen, Taxi zu fahren.
Because of the strike we were forced to take a taxi.
How common is gezwungen?
gezwungen is number 4,888 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 16 times per million words — about once every 62,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,884erlittensuffered
- 4,885Landwirtefarmers
- 4,886die Anordnungorder, instruction; arrangement
- 4,887Rettungskräfterescue workers, emergency services
- 4,888gezwungenforced
- 4,889die Beachtungattention, observance
- 4,890wachsendengrowing
- 4,891zeigeshow (1st person; imperative)
- 4,892thematisiertaddressed, made a topic
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,888
- The most common German verbs#1,218
- German B2 vocabulary#1,204
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.