erdrücken

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German erdrücken, from Old High German irdrukken. Equivalent to er- +‎ drücken (“to press, squeeze”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛɐ̯ˈdʁʏkn̩/ Hyphenation: er‧drü‧cken === Verb === erdrücken (weak, third-person singular present erdrückt, past tense erdrückte, past participle erdrückt, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to overwhelm (transitive) to squeeze dead, to kill by squeezing ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Erdrücker, Erdrücker ==== Related terms ==== Erdrücken erdrückend, erdrückt verdrücken, zerdrücken, abdrücken, zudrücken === Further reading === “erdrücken” in Duden online “erdrücken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “erdrücken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “erdrücken” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.