wurgen
Meaning
to strangle, to strangulate
Frequency
Hyphenated as
wur‧gen
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʋʏr.ɣə(n)/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch worgen, wurgen, from Old Dutch *wurgen, from Proto-Germanic *wurgijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (“bind, squeeze”). Cognate with German würgen, English worry.
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