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verschlucken.

to swallow, swallow up

12 characters3 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb/ferˈʃlʊkən/[fɐˈʃlʊ.kŋ̍][fɛɐ̯-][-k(ə)n]
  1. to swallow, swallow up

    also · figuratively · transitive · weak
    Das Baby hat einen Kirschkern verschluckt.
    Das Boot wurde vom Nebel verschluckt.
  2. to choke [with an (+ dative) ‘on something’], to get (something) down the wrong pipe (have food etc. enter into one's windpipe)

    reflexive · weak
    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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