wurgen

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See also: würgen

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Dutch worgen, wurgen, from Old Dutch *wurgen, from Proto-Germanic *wurgijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (“bind, squeeze”).

Cognate with German würgen, English worry.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋʏr.ɣə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: wur‧gen
  • Rhymes: -ʏrɣən

Verb

wurgen

  1. (transitive) to strangle, to strangulate

Inflection

Inflection of wurgen (weak)
infinitive wurgen
past singular wurgde
past participle gewurgd
infinitive wurgen
gerund wurgen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular wurg wurgde
2nd person sing. (jij) wurgt wurgde
2nd person sing. (u) wurgt wurgde
2nd person sing. (gij) wurgt wurgde
3rd person singular wurgt wurgde
plural wurgen wurgden
subjunctive sing.1 wurge wurgde
subjunctive plur.1 wurgen wurgden
imperative sing. wurg
imperative plur.1 wurgt
participles wurgend gewurgd
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: wurg
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