Selbstmord aus Angst vor dem Tod

German

Alternative forms

  • Selbstmord aus Angst vor dem Tode

Etymology

Literally, “suicide for fear of death”. After a bonmot by Otto von Bismarck. From German, the phrase was calqued into various languages.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Selbstmord aus Angst vor dem Tod m

  1. (idiomatic) a hazardous and foredoomed course of action taken by someone who finds themselves in a slowly but continually deteriorating position

Descendants

  • Arabic: اِنْتِحارٌ خَوْفاً مِن الْمَوْت (intiḥārun ḵawfan min al-mawt)
  • French: suicide par peur de la mort
  • Persian: خودکشی از ترس مرگ (xod-koši az tars-e marg)
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