abwürgen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German abewürgen. Equivalent to ab- (“off”) +‎ würgen (“to choke”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈapˌvʏrɡən/, [ˈʔäpˌʋʏɐ̯ɡŋ̍] Hyphenation: ab‧wür‧gen === Verb === abwürgen (weak, third-person singular present würgt ab, past tense würgte ab, past participle abgewürgt, auxiliary haben) (informal, transitive) to silence; to cut off (brusquely prevent someone from finishing an utterance or inquiry) to stall (cause a manual-transmission engine to turn off by going too slowly for the selected gear) (figurative) to stall, to kneecap (cause to stop making progress, especially catastrophically so) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Abwürgen Abwürger Abwürgung === Further reading === “abwürgen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “abwürgen” in Duden online “abwürgen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon