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verschlucken

/ferˈʃlʊkən/ verb B2
  1. to swallow, swallow up (figuratively, transitive) · Das Baby hat einen Kirschkern verschluckt. The baby swallowed a cherry stone.· Das Boot wurde vom Nebel verschluckt. The boat was swallowed up by the fog.
  2. to choke [with an (+ dative) ‘on something’], to get (something) down the wrong pipe (have food etc. enter into one's windpipe) (reflexive) · Pass auf, dass du dich nicht verschluckst. Be careful not to get anything down the wrong pipe.· Ich hatte mich am Bier verschluckt und musste schrecklich husten. I’d choked on my beer and started coughing terribly.
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Verb forms

Infinitive
verschlucken
Present (er)
verschluckt
Präteritum (er)
verschluckte
Perfekt (er)
hat verschluckt
Infinitive with zu
zu verschlucken

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