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ersticken

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German ersticken, from Old High German irsticken. Equivalent to er- +‎ sticken.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɛʁˈʃtɪkən/, [ʔɛɐ̯ˈʃtɪkŋ̍]
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  • Hyphenation: er‧sti‧cken
  • Hyphenation: er‧stik‧ken (pre-1996)

Verb

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ersticken (weak, third-person singular present erstickt, past tense erstickte, past participle erstickt, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (transitive) to smother [auxiliary haben]
  2. (intransitive) to suffocate [auxiliary sein]

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • ersticken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • ersticken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • ersticken” in Duden online
  • ersticken” in OpenThesaurus.de