sterben

Meaning

1. (class-3,intransitive,strong) to die
2. (class-3,intransitive,strong,transitive) to die

Concepts

die

pass away

expire

perish

decease

kick the bucket

go

croak

buy the farm

snuff it

exit

pass on

demise

dead

succumb

cash in one’s chips

choke

conk

drop dead

pass

pop off

ring down the curtain

disappear

march off

retreat

withdraw

bite the dust

pass by

cease

terminate

cease to be

give-up the ghost

go to meet ones maker

join the choir invisible

from

died of

be over

stop

lose someone

be about to die

be close to death

be dying

end

finish

depart

take a dirt nap

meet one's maker

to cop it

nibble off

kick

kick in

give up the ghost

get

occur

come

drive

move

step

travel

walk

get out of

roll over

underlie

vanish

wite

death

dies

kill

sick

Hyphenated as

ster‧ben

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃtɛrbən/

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.