ersticken
In English: to suffocate, to choke
B1VERB
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Verb forms
- Präteritum
- erstickte
- Partizip II
- erstickt
- Perfekt auxiliary
- haben
Quick quiz
___ Erwachsene?
Example sentences
Ich ersticke in Arbeit.
I am swamped with work.
Tatoeba · Zaghawa · CC BY 2.0 FRBitte öffne das Fenster. Ich ersticke.
Please open the window. I'm suffocating.
Tatoeba · carlosalberto · CC BY 2.0 FRDon't forget this word
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