ersticken

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German ersticken, from Old High German irsticken. Equivalent to er- +‎ sticken. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛʁˈʃtɪkən/, [ʔɛɐ̯ˈʃtɪkŋ̍] Hyphenation: er‧sti‧cken Hyphenation: er‧stik‧ken (pre-1996) === Verb === ersticken (weak, third-person singular present erstickt, past tense erstickte, past participle erstickt, auxiliary haben or sein) (transitive) to smother [auxiliary haben] (intransitive) to suffocate [auxiliary sein] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Ersticken Erstickung Erstickungsanfall stickig === Further reading === “ersticken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “ersticken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “ersticken” in Duden online “ersticken” in OpenThesaurus.de