verröcheln

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German

Etymology

ver- +‎ röcheln (to wheeze)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈʁœçl̩n/
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Verb

verröcheln (weak, third-person singular present verröchelt, past tense verröchelte, past participle verröchelt, auxiliary sein)

  1. (intransitive) to die noisily, to give the death rattle
    Synonym: krepieren
    • 1903, Heinrich Mann, chapter III, in Venus. Roman der Herzogin von Assy:
      „Bist du eine, deren schwingende, nasse Glieder sich in blanken Marmorplatten spiegeln, und deren Tanz von den glühenden Blicken der Männer durchwühlt wird, — eine, die auf Blumen hingewälzt, und umdampft von Wein und Blut unter der Orgie verröchelt?“
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    • c. 1953, Bertolt Brecht, “Coriolan”, in Stücke, volume XI, Suhrkamp, published 1964, page 333:
      Hätt hier ein schönes Haus geerbt, wär er / In meinen Kriegen nicht verröchelt.
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