Verb
verschlucken
to swallow, swallow up
B1
rank #11,803
Meanings
Verb
- to swallow, swallow up
- to choke [with an (+ dative) ‘on something’], to get (something) down the wrong pipe (have food etc. enter into one's windpipe)
In a sentence
Das Kind hat aus Versehen eine Münze verschluckt.
The child accidentally swallowed a coin.
Forms
infinitive
verschlucken
he/she/it
verschluckt
simple past
verschluckte
perfect
hat verschluckt
takes + Akkusativ; an + Dativ