verb#5,192 by frequency

schlucken

/ˈʃlʊkən/

to swallow; to gulp; to gobble up; to accept

Meanings

1
to swallow
- Es ist schwierig, das Medikament zu schlucken.
  The medicine is hard to swallow.
  Tatoeba · Tamy · CC BY 2.0 FR
- Es bleibt uns nichts anderes übrig, als die Sache zu schlucken.
  We just have to swallow it.
  Tatoeba · driini · CC BY 2.0 FR
2
to gulp — swallow one's spittle out of fear etc.
3
to gobble up — annex, e.g. another company
4
to swallow; to accept; to put up with
- Warum schluckst du einfach so, was die Leute sagen?
  Why do you blindly accept what others say?
  Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
5
to buy, to be deceived byrare