abwürgen

German

Etymology

ab- (off) + würgen (to choke)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈapˌvʏrɡən/, [ˈʔäpˌʋʏɐ̯ɡŋ̍]

Verb

abwürgen (third-person singular simple present würgt ab, past tense würgte ab, past participle abgewürgt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (informal, transitive) to silence; to squash (prevent someone from finishing an utterance, or an utterance from being finished)
  2. (informal, transitive) to stall a car (cause the engine of a manual-transmission car to turn off by going too slowly for the selected gear)

Conjugation

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