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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German ersticken, from Old High German irsticken. Equivalent to er- + sticken.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɛʁˈʃtɪkən/, [ʔɛɐ̯ˈʃtɪkŋ̍]
Audio: (file) Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: er‧sti‧cken
- Hyphenation: er‧stik‧ken (pre-1996)
Verb
[edit]ersticken (weak, third-person singular present erstickt, past tense erstickte, past participle erstickt, auxiliary haben or sein)
- (transitive) to smother [auxiliary haben]
- (intransitive) to suffocate [auxiliary sein]
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | ersticken | ||||
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present participle | erstickend | ||||
past participle | erstickt | ||||
auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich ersticke | wir ersticken | i | ich ersticke | wir ersticken |
du erstickst | ihr erstickt | du erstickest | ihr ersticket | ||
er erstickt | sie ersticken | er ersticke | sie ersticken | ||
preterite | ich erstickte | wir erstickten | ii | ich erstickte1 | wir erstickten1 |
du ersticktest | ihr ersticktet | du ersticktest1 | ihr ersticktet1 | ||
er erstickte | sie erstickten | er erstickte1 | sie erstickten1 | ||
imperative | erstick (du) ersticke (du) |
erstickt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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