Dictionary noun *treu(k)- Druck Nachdruck

der Nachdruck

(noun)

Meanings

1.
the vigor, the stress, the emphasis
(If you're very "determined" about what you say. Often used in the phrase "mit Nachdruck". NOT for tonal emphasis.)
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2.
the reprint
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Word Family

Root: *treu(k)-

The core idea of the root was:

pushing, squeezing, grinding

There might be a connection to the root of the verb drehen (to turn), but that’s not certain.
The sense of threatening that we have in German and English is based on the notion of mental pressure, mental “pushing”.

Here’s  list of notable English members of this family:

  • threat, to threaten (“pushing mentally”)
  • thrust (“pushing forward”)
  • intrude (“thrust in, force in”)
  • protrude (“thrust out, push out”)
  • abstruse (“pushed away”)

 

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