verschlucken

Εννοια

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

Με παύλα ως

ver‧schlu‧cken

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

[fɛɐ̯ˈʃlʊkŋ̩]

Ετυμολογία

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).