Polyglot Dictionary

hinunterschlucken

/hɪˈnʊntɐˌʃlʊkn̩/

verb B2

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
separable

Forms

present
schluckt hinunter
past
schluckte hinunter
perfect
hat hinuntergeschluckt

Meaning

  1. to swallow down

    Built from hinunter (down (away from the speaker)) + schlucken (to swallow).

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Made of

  • hinunter down (away from the speaker)
  • schlucken to swallow

Similar words

schlucken

hinunterschlucken emphasizes swallowing something all the way down, or figuratively suppressing an emotion; schlucken is the basic word "to swallow."

Practice

1 What does hinunterschlucken mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er ___ die Tablette hinunter.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches hinunterschlucken?

verbseparable-verbcompound

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