Skip to content

notgedrungen

of necessity, perforce

adverb NOHT-geh-drung-en Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Manner

Also means

unavoidably

Usage Note

Notgedrungen means something is done only because there is no alternative: notgedrungen zustimmen, notgedrungen akzeptieren. It implies resignation and is found more in written than spoken German.

Examples

"Er musste notgedrungen zustimmen, da es keine andere Lösung gab."

Natural Translation

He had to agree of necessity, as there was no other solution.

Literal Translation

He had-to perforce agree, since there no other solution was.

Explore German by topic