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The German word for to swallow is
schlucken





to swallow

German Definition


swallow
     Substantiv:
     [1] Zoologie: Schwalbe
          [1] I found i dead swallow in the forest.
            Ich habe eine tote Schwalbe im Wald gefunden.
     Substantiv:
     [1] Schluck; die Menge Flüssigkeit, die man mit einem Mal schlucken kann
          [1] I need a swallow of water!
            Ich brauche einen Schluck Wasser!
     Verb:
     [1] schlucken
          [1] First swallow and then talk!
            Erst schlucken und dann reden!



Translations for swallow and their definitions

Schwalbe
     n-f. swallow, martin (small, migratory bird of the Hirundinidae family)
     n-f. (sports) dive (deliberate fall, simulated foul)
     n-f. (aviation, military) Schwalbe (WWII Messerschmitt Me-262 jet fighter)


schlucken
     v. to swallow
     v. to gulp (swallow one's spittle out of fear etc.)
     v. to gobble up (annex, e.g. another company)
     v. to swallow; to accept; to put up with
     v. to buy, to be deceived by


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