ersticken

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German

Etymology

er- +‎ sticken

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: er‧sti‧cken
  • Hyphenation: er‧stik‧ken (pre-1996)
  • IPA(key): /ɛʁˈʃtɪkən/,

Verb

ersticken (weak, third-person singular present erstickt, past tense erstickte, past participle erstickt, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. to suffocate
  2. to smother

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Further reading

  • ersticken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • ersticken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • ersticken” in Duden online
  • ersticken” in OpenThesaurus.de