Verb

verschlucken

to swallow, to choke on, to absorb, to swallow one's words

Das Kind hat eine Münze verschluckt.

The child swallowed a coin.

Ich habe mich am Wasser verschluckt.

I choked on the water.

Die Dunkelheit verschluckte das Haus.

The darkness swallowed the house.

((sth.)) to swallow sth. Das Kind hat eine Münze verschluckt.

sich ((an et3)) to choke on sth. Ich habe mich am Wasser verschluckt.

hinunterschlucken (to swallow down); Antonyms: ausspucken (to spit out)

From the prefix 'ver-' (implying something going wrong or away) and 'schlucken' (to swallow).

Think of 'ver-' as 'very' wrong. You 'very' wrongly 'schlucken' (swallow) something, so you choke.

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