how to pronounce abwürgen

/ˈapˌvʏʁɡən/

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abwürgen is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of abwürgen in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… sich einkesseln und abwürgen die taktik …”

meanings of abwürgen

verb:

To stall a car (cause the engine of a manual-transmission car to turn off by going too slowly for the selected gear).
To silence; to squash (prevent someone from finishing an utterance, or an utterance from being finished).

abwürgen frequency in german - C2+ level of CEFR

the word abwürgen occurs in german on average 0.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.