verschlucken

Betekenis

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

Met koppelteken als

ver‧schlu‧cken

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

[fɛɐ̯ˈʃlʊkŋ̩]

Etymologie

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).