sterbn

Bavarian

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).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃd̥ɛɐ̯m/
  • Hyphenation: sterbn

Verb

sterbn (past participle gsturbn)

  1. (intransitive) to die
  2. (transitive) to die a (particular kind of) death
  3. (transitive, with ån) to die of or from something

Conjugation

Conjugation of sterbn
infinitive sterbn
past participle gsturbn
present past subjunctive
1st person singular stirb starbad
2nd person singular stirbst starbadst
3rd person singular stirbt starbad
1st person plural sterbn starbadn
2nd person plural sterbts starbats
3rd person plural sterbn starbadn
imperative
singular stirb
plural sterbts

Derived terms

  • aussterbn
  • versterbn
  • wegsterbn
  • åsterbn