verschlingen
In English: to devour, to swallow
B1VERB
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Verb forms
- Präteritum
- verschlang
- Partizip II
- verschlungen
- Perfekt auxiliary
- haben
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Example sentences
Hast du je eine Schlange eine Maus verschlingen sehen?
Have you ever seen a snake swallowing a mouse?
Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FREr verschlang seine Mahlzeit.
He devoured his meal.
Tatoeba · a_coder · CC BY 2.0 FRSaturn verschlang seine Kinder.
Saturn devoured his children.
Tatoeba · Waldelfe · CC BY 2.0 FRDon't forget this word
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