English-German translations for choke

Drosseldie
ersticken
Deshalb brauchen wir eine neue Regierungskonferenz, ansonsten werden wir daran ersticken. That is why we need a new study, or else we will choke to death. Andernfalls wird Europa an einer Welle illegaler Einwanderung ersticken. Otherwise, Europe will choke as a result of the wave of illegal migration. In der Tat, kleinere europäische Städte ersticken bereits am Fahrzeugverkehr. Indeed, smaller European cities are already being choked by vehicle traffic.

Chokeder
Drosselklappe
drosselnViele Abgeordnete sagten hier, daß eine Erhöhung der Zinssätze das Wirtschaftswachstum und die Schaffung neuer Arbeitsplätze drosseln würde. In Parliament it has been said by various Members that if interest rates were to be raised that would choke economic growth and the growth of employment.
Drosselspule
erwürgen
Ofenklappedie

reduziert
Starterklappe
verschlucken
Würgegriffder
würgen
Es liegt nicht in unserer Absicht, ihn mit den Dingen, über die wir hier sprechen, abzuwürgen, doch den Sicherheitsfragen müssen wir uns unbedingt zuwenden. We do not want to choke it off by some of the things that we are talking about. But we do need to address the security issues. Mit Verordnungen und Aussprachen versuchen wir, genau diesen Innovationsgeist, den Unternehmergeist, abzuwürgen, und das ist auch heute wieder der Fall. By regulation and debate, what we seek to do is to choke off the very spirit of innovation, the very spirit of entrepreneurship, and we have continued to do that today.

To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict
To prevent from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe
To obstruct by filling it up or clogging it
To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to kill ; to extinguish (fire by robbing it of oxygen
To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning
To move one's fingers very close to the tip of a pencil, brush or other art tool
To be checked or stopped, as if by choking
To check or stop as if by choking
To have a feeling of strangulation in one's throat as a result of passion or strong emotion
To give a feeling of strangulation as a result of passion or strong emotion
To say with one’s throat constricted (due to emotion, for example
To use the choke valve of to adjust the air/fuel mixture in the engine
To reach a condition of maximum flowrate, due to the flow at the narrowest point of the duct becoming sonic (Ma = 1
A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold
A constriction at the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel which affects the spread of the shot
The mass of immature florets in the centre of the bud of an artichoke
A major mistake at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning

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