Verb

verschlucken

Translation

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. The child swallowed a coin.

sich ((an sth.dat)) to choke on sth. I choked on the water.

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

Composed of the prefix 'ver-' (often indicating a mistake or completion) and 'schlucken' (to swallow).

The 'ver-' prefix can mean 'for-' as in 'forgive' or 'forget', implying something is gone. You swallow it and it's gone.