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verschlucken

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German

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Etymology

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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).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ferˈʃlʊkən/, [fɐˈʃlʊ.kŋ̍], [fɛɐ̯-], [-k(ə)n]
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  • Hyphenation: ver‧schlu‧cken

Verb

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verschlucken (weak, third-person singular present verschluckt, past tense verschluckte, past participle verschluckt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, also figurative) to swallow, swallow up
    Das Baby hat einen Kirschkern verschluckt.
    The baby swallowed a cherry stone.
    Das Boot wurde vom Nebel verschluckt.
    The boat was swallowed up by the fog.
  2. (reflexive) to choke [with an (+ dative) ‘on something’], to get (something) down the wrong pipe (have food etc. enter into one's windpipe)
    Synonyms: in den falschen Hals kriegen, in die falsche Kehle kriegen, (Austria) sich verkutzen
    Pass auf, dass du dich nicht verschluckst.
    Be careful not to get anything down the wrong pipe.
    Ich hatte mich am Bier verschluckt und musste schrecklich husten.
    I’d choked on my beer and started coughing terribly.

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