zwingle
Alemannic German
Etymology
Related to German zwingen (“to force”)
Verb
zwingle
- (Uri, transitive) To force a child to stop crying.
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 61.