erwürgen
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German erwürgen, from Old High German irwurgen. Equivalent to er- + würgen (“to choke”). The main sense has always been “strangle”. In Early Modern German it was generalised to “kill, murder”, but this use was shortlived.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]erwürgen (weak, third-person singular present erwürgt, past tense erwürgte, past participle erwürgt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to strangle (choke someone to death)
- Synonym: erdrosseln
- (obsolete) to kill violently, to slay, murder [chiefly 16th c.]
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | erwürgen | ||||
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present participle | erwürgend | ||||
past participle | erwürgt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich erwürge | wir erwürgen | i | ich erwürge | wir erwürgen |
du erwürgst | ihr erwürgt | du erwürgest | ihr erwürget | ||
er erwürgt | sie erwürgen | er erwürge | sie erwürgen | ||
preterite | ich erwürgte | wir erwürgten | ii | ich erwürgte1 | wir erwürgten1 |
du erwürgtest | ihr erwürgtet | du erwürgtest1 | ihr erwürgtet1 | ||
er erwürgte | sie erwürgten | er erwürgte1 | sie erwürgten1 | ||
imperative | erwürg (du) erwürge (du) |
erwürgt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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