schlucken

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German slucken, from Old High German (attested in the derived noun slucko (glutton)), probably ultimately onomatopoeic. Cognate with Dutch slokken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃlʊkən/,
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Verb

schlucken (weak, third-person singular present schluckt, past tense schluckte, past participle geschluckt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to swallow
  2. (intransitive) to gulp (swallow one's spittle out of fear etc.)
  3. (transitive, figurative) to gobble up (annex, e.g. another company)
  4. (transitive, figurative) to swallow; to accept; to put up with
  5. (transitive, figurative) to buy, to be deceived by

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