Similar words
ertränken
ertrinken means to drown, intransitive — to die by drowning; ertränken means to drown someone or something, transitive — to cause them to drown.
Similar in other languages
Portuguese
afogar
afogar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to drown."
Practice
1 What does ertrinken mean?
to drown
2 Fill the gap: Beinahe wäre das Kind ___.
Full sentence: Beinahe wäre das Kind ertrunken. (The child almost drowned.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches ertrinken?
ertrinken: neutral register, common frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.