throng
To crowd into a place, especially to fill itTo crowd into a place, especially to fill it.
» People are thronging the Christmas market.
Auf dem Weihnachtsmarkt wimmelt es von Menschen.
Meaning
3 senses(transitive)To crowd into a place, especially to fill it.
толпи́тьсяtolpítʹsja, столпи́тьсяstolpítʹsja
заповнюватиzapovnjuvaty, переповнюватиperepovnjuvaty
(intransitive)To congregate.
юрмитисяjurmytysja, юрбитисяjurbytysja, скупчуватисяskupčuvatysja
(transitive)To crowd or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings.
- press tightly together or cram
Examples
16 sentencesPeople are thronging the Christmas market.
deAuf dem Weihnachtsmarkt wimmelt es von Menschen.
A large crowd thronged around the speaker.
deRings um den Redner drängte sich eine große Menschenmenge.
She was thronged by journalists and photographers.
deVor ihr stand eine Menge von Journalisten und Fotografen.
People thronged the theater to see the star.
He was surrounded by a throng of reporters.
deEr wurde von einer großen Gruppe von Zeitungsreportern umringt.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English throng, thrang, from Old English þrang, ġeþrang (“crowd, press, tumultFrom Middle English throng, thrang, from Old English þrang, ġeþrang (“crowd, press, tumult”), from Proto-Germanic *þrangwą, *þrangwō (“throng”), from *þrangwaz (“pressing, narrow”), from *þrinhwaną (“to press, to push; to force”), from Proto-Indo-European *trenkʷ- (“to beat; pound; hew; press”). Cognate with Dutch drang, German Drang. Compare also German Gedränge (“throng”) and Persian ترنجیدن (Trenjidan, “to beat, to push”).
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Forms
throngs, thronging, thronged, throngedSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle