throng
Filled with persons or objectsFilled with persons or objects; crowded.
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» People are thronging the Christmas market.
Auf dem Weihnachtsmarkt wimmelt es von Menschen. — Manfredo
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2 senses(Northern England, Scotland)Filled with persons or objects; crowded.
(Northern England, Scotland)Busy; hurried.
Examples
16 sentencesPeople are thronging the Christmas market.
deAuf dem Weihnachtsmarkt wimmelt es von Menschen. — Manfredo
A large crowd thronged around the speaker.
deRings um den Redner drängte sich eine große Menschenmenge. — al_ex_an_der
She was thronged by journalists and photographers.
deVor ihr stand eine Menge von Journalisten und Fotografen. — al_ex_an_der
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. — xtofu80
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
thronger, throngestLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
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