Polyglot Dictionary

erwürgen

/ɛɐ̯ˈvʏʁɡn̩/

verb C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
erwürgt
past
erwürgte
perfect
hat erwürgt

Meaning

  1. to strangle

    Built from er- ((to death)) + würgen (to choke).

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Made of

  • er- (to death)
  • würgen to choke

Similar words

würgen

würgen primarily means "to choke," like gagging on food; erwürgen specifically means "to strangle" — close synonyms for the strangling sense.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

esganar

esganar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to strangle."

Portuguese

estrangular

estrangular is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to strangle."

Practice

1 What does erwürgen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die Schlange ___ ihre Beute.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches erwürgen?

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