kvæle

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse kvelja (“to torment, torture”), from Old English cwellan (“to kill”).

Verb

kvæle

to choke, strangle, suffocate
to stifle, suppress, smother

Conjugation

Inflection of kvæle

imperative	kvæl		infinitive	kvæle
present tense	kvæler		past tense	kvalte
auxiliary verb	have		past participle	kvalt
perfect tense	har kvalt		pluperfect tense	havde kvalt
present participle	kvælende		gerund	kvælen
passive	kvæles		passive past	kvaltes

Derived terms

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