sterben
German (Berlin)
/ˈʃtɛʁbən/
verb-strong
Definitions
- (intransitive) to die
- (transitive) to die of a (particular kind of) death
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German sterben inherited from Old High German sterban inherited from Proto-Germanic *sterbaną (die, become stiff) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terp- (become numb, be motionless, be dead, lose force, lose sensibility, lose strength), *sterbʰ- (become stiff, be stiff).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sterbʰ-
Gloss
become stiff, be stiff
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- overstarve English
- starvation English
- starve English
- starveling English
- starver English
- starvest English
- starveth English
- Bett German
- Hilfe German
- Kneipe German
- Kneipensterben German
- Sterbebett German
- Sterbehilfe German
- Sterblichkeit German
- absterben German
- aussterben German
- dahin German
- dahinsterben German
- ersterben German
- hin German
- hinsterben German
- krank German
- langweilig German
- müde German
- sterbenskrank German
- sterbenslangweilig German
- sterbensmüde German
- sterblich German
- unsterblich German
- versterben German
- wegsterben German
- aansterven Dutch, Flemish
- afsterven Dutch, Flemish
- besterven Dutch, Flemish
- ontsterven Dutch, Flemish
- sterfbed Dutch, Flemish
- sterfdag Dutch, Flemish
- sterfelijk Dutch, Flemish
- sterfgeval Dutch, Flemish
- sterfjaar Dutch, Flemish
- sterfte Dutch, Flemish
- sterveling Dutch, Flemish
- stervelinge Dutch, Flemish
- sterven Dutch, Flemish
- uitsterven Dutch, Flemish
- versterven Dutch, Flemish
- wegsterven Dutch, Flemish
- στέρφος Ancient Greek
- *(s)terp- Proto-Indo-European
- *sterbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *sterbaną Proto-Germanic
- *sturbanaz Proto-Germanic
- steorfan Old English
- sterven Middle English
- *sterfa Old Norse
- sterven Middle Dutch
- sterban Old High German
- sterf Afrikaans
- sterben Middle High German
- stierwen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- stervan Old Dutch
- stervan Old Saxon
- steerbe Alemannic German
- stjerre Western Frisian
- sterva Old Frisian
- sterrve Hunsrik