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Gedränge: crowd crush — meaning and examples | JadoLearn

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Gedränge

crowd crush

a dense, crowded press of people with little room to move

IPA/ɡəˈdʁɛŋə/

Primary stress falls on -drän-.

Meaning 1neutral · 90%

a dense, crowded press of people with little room to move

Im Gedränge am Bahnsteig verlor er kurz seine Begleiter aus den Augen.

Vor der Hauptbühne entstand nach dem Konzert dichtes Gedränge.

Wegen des Gedränges mied sie am Samstag die Innenstadt.

Gedränge is stronger than Menschenmenge because it implies physical closeness and limited room to move.

im Gedränge — in the crush of the crowd

dichtes Gedränge — dense crowd

Use Gedränge when people are not only numerous but packed closely enough that movement becomes difficult.

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What does Gedränge emphasize?

Gedränge describes a dense crowd in which people are pressed close together, often with pushing or restricted movement.