erwürgen

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), 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.

• IPA^(key): /ɛʁˈvʏʁɡən/, [ʔɛɐ̯ˈvʏɐ̯.ɡŋ̍]

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erwürgen (weak, third-person singular present erwürgt, past tense erwürgte, past participle erwürgt, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to strangle (choke someone to death)

   Synonym: erdrosseln

2. (obsolete) to kill violently, to slay, murder [chiefly 16th c.]

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• “erwürgen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “erwürgen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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