runterwürgen
German, verb
runterwürgen is spelled R-U-N-T-E-R-W-Ü-R-G-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written German, the 371,567th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Runterwürgen is a German verb meaning “to choke down” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Runterwürgen is a different word: “gerund of runterwürgen”.
What does runterwürgen mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto choke down
noun
- 1
neutergerund of runterwürgen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of runterwürgen
- würgt runter present singular third-person
- würgte runter past
- runtergewürgt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- runterwürgend participle present
- runterzuwürgen infinitive infinitive-zu
- würge runter first-person indicative present
- würgen runter first-person indicative plural
- würgst runter indicative present second-person
- würgest runter second-person singular subjunctive
- würget runter plural second-person subjunctive
- würgten runter first-person indicative plural
- würgtest runter indicative preterite second-person
- würgtet runter indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is runterwürgen in German?
runterwürgen appears about once in every 39 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).