kvæle

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse kvelja (“to torment, torture”), from Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną. Cognate with Swedish kvälja, English quell and German quälen (“to torture”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʰʋ̥ɛːlə]

Verb

kvæle

1. to choke, strangle, suffocate
2. to stifle, suppress, smother

Conjugation

Inflection of kvæle

	present	past
simple	kvæler	kvalte
perfect	har kvalt	havde kvalt
passive	kvæles	kvaltes
participle	kvælende	kvalt
imperative	kvæl	—
infinitive	kvæle	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	kvælen	—

Derived terms

• kvæler
• kvælning