verschlucken

Significado

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

Hifenizado como

ver‧schlu‧cken

Pronunciado como (IPA)

[fɛɐ̯ˈʃlʊkŋ̩]

Etimologia

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).