sterben

See also: Sterben

German

Etymology

From Middle High German sterben, from Old High German sterban, from Proto-Germanic *sterbaną, itself either from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terp- (“to lose force; lose sensibility, become numb; be dead, be motionless”) or from Proto-Indo-European *sterbʰ- (“to be stiff, become stiff”). Cognate with Low German starven, staarven, Dutch sterven, West Frisian stjerre, English starve.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtɛrbən/, [ˈʃtɛʁ.bm̩], [ˈʃtɛɐ̯-], [-bən]
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  • Rhymes: -ɛʁbn̩
  • Hyphenation: ster‧ben

Verb

sterben (class 3 strong, third-person singular present stirbt, past tense starb, past participle gestorben, past subjunctive stürbe, auxiliary sein)

  1. (intransitive) to die
    Mein Hund ist gestorben. ― My dog has died.
  2. (transitive or with genitive object) to die a (particular kind of) death
    Das Opfer ist einen schrecklichen Tod gestorben.
    Das Opfer ist eines schrecklichen Todes gestorben.
    The victim died a terrible death.

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