runterschlucken

German

Alternative forms

  • herunterschlucken

Etymology

runter- +‎ schlucken.

Pronunciation

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Verb

runterschlucken (weak, third-person singular present schluckt runter, past tense schluckte runter, past participle runtergeschluckt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, also figurative, colloquial) to swallow
    Er hat die Möhren mal ganz schnell runtergeschluckt. ― He swallowed that entire mouthful of carrots.
    Tränen runterschlucken ― to choke back tears
    seinen Ärger runterschlucken ― to bottle up one's anger
    seine Wut runterschlucken ― to bottle up one's anger
    seinen Stolz runterschlucken ― to swallow one's pride

Conjugation

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