schlucken
See also: Schlücken
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German slucken, from Old High German (attested in the derived noun slucko (“glutton”)), probably ultimately onomatopoeic. Cognate with Dutch slokken.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editschlucken (weak, third-person singular present schluckt, past tense schluckte, past participle geschluckt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive or intransitive) to swallow
- (intransitive) to gulp (swallow one's spittle out of fear etc.)
- (transitive, figurative) to gobble up (annex, e.g. another company)
- (transitive, figurative) to swallow; to accept; to put up with
- (transitive, figurative) to buy, to be deceived by
Conjugation
editinfinitive | schlucken | ||||
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present participle | schluckend | ||||
past participle | geschluckt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich schlucke | wir schlucken | i | ich schlucke | wir schlucken |
du schluckst | ihr schluckt | du schluckest | ihr schlucket | ||
er schluckt | sie schlucken | er schlucke | sie schlucken | ||
preterite | ich schluckte | wir schluckten | ii | ich schluckte1 | wir schluckten1 |
du schlucktest | ihr schlucktet | du schlucktest1 | ihr schlucktet1 | ||
er schluckte | sie schluckten | er schluckte1 | sie schluckten1 | ||
imperative | schluck (du) schlucke (du) |
schluckt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “schlucken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “schlucken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “schlucken” in Duden online
- schlucken on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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