dringend

adjective
urgent, pressing
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dringend means 'urgent' or 'pressing'. It’s derived from verb dringen and functions as an adjective/participle. Gradable: comparative dringender, superlative am dringendsten. Common predicative use (Das ist dringend) and in collocations like dringend notwendig. Antonym: nebensächlich. Often used to request immediate attention.

Examples

Das ist eine dringende Nachricht.
That's an urgent message.
Als sich der Zustand des Patienten verschlechterte, wurde dringend Hilfe angefordert, weil die Situation lebensbedrohlich schien.
When the patient's condition deteriorated, urgent help was requested because the situation seemed life-threatening.
Wir haben ein dringendes Problem, das wir sofort lösen müssen.
We have a pressing problem that we need to solve right away.

Details

GradableYes
Comparativedringender
Superlativeam dringendsten
ParticipleYes

Mnemonics

👁️picture a red exclamation mark stamped 'URGENT' on a letter
👂sounds like 'dring-end' — imagine the end of a ring (alarm) that must be answered urgently

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