wurgen
See also: würgen
Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Dutch worgen, wurgen, from Old Dutch *wurgen, from Proto-Germanic *wurgijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (“bind, squeeze”).
Cognate with German würgen, English worry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋʏr.ɣə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: wur‧gen
- Rhymes: -ʏrɣən
Verb
wurgen
- (transitive) to strangle, to strangulate
Conjugation
| Conjugation of wurgen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | wurgen | |||
| past singular | wurgde | |||
| past participle | gewurgd | |||
| infinitive | wurgen | |||
| gerund | wurgen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | wurg | wurgde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | wurgt, wurg2 | wurgde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | wurgt | wurgde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | wurgt | wurgde | ||
| 3rd person singular | wurgt | wurgde | ||
| plural | wurgen | wurgden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | wurge | wurgde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | wurgen | wurgden | ||
| imperative sing. | wurg | |||
| imperative plur.1 | wurgt | |||
| participles | wurgend | gewurgd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: wurg