verschlucken

Significat (anglès)

1. to swallow, swallow up
2. to choke (get food etc. into one's windpipe)

Amb guionet com

ver‧schlu‧cken

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

[fɛɐ̯ˈʃlʊkŋ̩]

Etimologia (anglès)

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).