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German
Etymology
From Middle High German würgen, from Old High German wurgen, from Proto-Germanic *wurgijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (“bind, squeeze”). Cognate with Dutch wurgen, worgen, English worry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvʏrɡən/, , , ,
- Hyphenation: wür‧gen
Verb
würgen (weak, third-person singular present würgt, past tense würgte, past participle gewürgt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to strangle, choke
Die Krawatte ist so eng, dass sie mich würgt.- The tie is so tight that it's choking me.
- (intransitive) to gag, retch
Als er die Leiche sah, musste er würgen.- When he saw the corpse, he had to retch.
- (intransitive, with an + dative) to have trouble chewing or swallowing, to gag on
Er würgte an einem allzu großen Bissen.- He gagged on an all too big bite.
Ich wollte höflich sein, also würgte ich tapfer an dem zähen, versalzenen Fleisch.- I wanted to be polite, so I bravely tried to chew the sinewy, oversalted meat.
Conjugation
Conjugation of
würgen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
würgen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
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Further reading
- “würgen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “würgen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “würgen” in Duden online
- “würgen” in OpenThesaurus.de