verschlucken.
to swallow, swallow up
Meaning & usage
to swallow, swallow up
Das Baby hat einen Kirschkern verschluckt.
Das Boot wurde vom Nebel verschluckt.
to choke [with an (+ dative) ‘on something’], to get (something) down the wrong pipe (have food etc. enter into one's windpipe)
Pass auf, dass du dich nicht verschluckst.
Ich hatte mich am Bier verschluckt und musste schrecklich husten.
Where this word comes from
From ver- + schlucken (“to swallow”). In “to swallow up”, the prefix is used in the sense of “entirely, completely”. In “to choke”, it is used in the sense of “wrongly, faultily” (equivalent to English *to mis-swallow).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.