sterben
See also: Sterben
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈʃtɛrbən/, [ˈʃtɛʁ.bm̩], [ˈʃtɛɐ̯-], [-bən]
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- Hyphenation: ster‧ben
Verb
[edit]sterben (class 3 strong, third-person singular present stirbt, past tense starb, past participle gestorben, past subjunctive stürbe, auxiliary sein)
- (intransitive) to die
- Mein Hund ist gestorben. ― My dog has died.
- (transitive or intransitive) to die [with accusative or genitive ‘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.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | sterben | ||||
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present participle | sterbend | ||||
past participle | gestorben | ||||
auxiliary | sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich sterbe | wir sterben | i | ich sterbe | wir sterben |
du stirbst | ihr sterbt | du sterbest | ihr sterbet | ||
er stirbt | sie sterben | er sterbe | sie sterben | ||
preterite | ich starb | wir starben | ii | ich stürbe1 | wir stürben1 |
du starbst | ihr starbt | du stürbest1 du stürbst1 |
ihr stürbet1 ihr stürbt1 | ||
er starb | sie starben | er stürbe1 | sie stürben1 | ||
imperative | stirb (du) | sterbt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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