würgen
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German würgen, from Old High German wurgen, from Proto-Germanic *wurgijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (“bind, squeeze”). Cognate with Dutch wurgen, worgen, English worry.
Pronunciation
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[edit]würgen (weak, third-person singular present würgt, past tense würgte, past participle gewürgt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to strangle, choke
- Die Krawatte ist so eng, dass sie mich würgt.
- The tie is so tight that it's choking me.
- (intransitive) to gag, retch
- Als er die Leiche sah, musste er würgen.
- When he saw the corpse, he had to retch.
- (intransitive) to have trouble chewing or swallowing, to gag on [with an (+ dative) ‘something’]
- Er würgte an einem allzu großen Bissen.
- He gagged on an all too big bite.
- Ich wollte höflich sein, also würgte ich tapfer an dem zähen, versalzenen Fleisch.
- I wanted to be polite, so I bravely tried to chew the sinewy, oversalted meat.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | würgen | ||||
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present participle | würgend | ||||
past participle | gewürgt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich würge | wir würgen | i | ich würge | wir würgen |
du würgst | ihr würgt | du würgest | ihr würget | ||
er würgt | sie würgen | er würge | sie würgen | ||
preterite | ich würgte | wir würgten | ii | ich würgte1 | wir würgten1 |
du würgtest | ihr würgtet | du würgtest1 | ihr würgtet1 | ||
er würgte | sie würgten | er würgte1 | sie würgten1 | ||
imperative | würg (du) würge (du) |
würgt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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