wurg

See also: würg

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch wurgen, from Middle Dutch worgen, wurgen, from Old Dutch *wurgen, from Proto-Germanic *wurgijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (“bind, squeeze”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvœrχ/

Verb

wurg (present wurg, present participle wurgende, past participle gewurg)

1. (transitive) to strangle, to strangulate
2. (transitive) to swallow with difficulty
3. (intransitive) to undergo hardship

Derived terms

• verwurg

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ʏrx

Verb

wurg

1. inflection of wurgen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative