würgen
Meaning
- (transitive,weak) to strangle, choke
- (intransitive,weak) to gag, retch
- (intransitive,weak) to have trouble chewing or swallowing, to gag on
Frequency
Hyphenated as
wür‧gen
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvʏrɡən/
Etymology
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.
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