sterben
- (class-3, intransitive, strong) to die
- (class-3, intransitive, strong, transitive) to die
Frequency
Dialects
ZĂŒrich
sterbe
Bern
stÀrbe
St. Gallen
sterbe
Aargau
sterbe
Bern
stÀrbÀ
Basel-Landschaft
stÀrbe
Zug
stÀrbe
Solothurn
stÀrbe
Aargau
stÀrbe
ZĂŒrich
stÀrbe
Lucerne
stÀrbe
ZĂŒrich
stÀrbÀ
Obwalden
stÀrbÀ
Basel-Stadt
stÀrbe
St. Gallen
sterba
Basel-Landschaft
verrÀÀble
Basel-Landschaft
verregge
Basel-Landschaft
versÀÀrble
Basel-Stadt
schtÀrbÀ
Basel-Stadt
stÀÀrbe
Fribourg
schtÀrbe
GraubĂŒnden
sterba
GraubĂŒnden
stÀrba
Lucerne
schtÀrbe
St. Gallen
gĂČĂČ
St. Gallen
stÀrbe
St. Gallen
sterbsle
Schaffhausen
stÀrbÀ
Solothurn
sterbe
Schwyz
stÀrbe
Thurgau
stÀrbÀ
Thurgau
sterbe
Valais
stÀrbu
Zug
sterbÀ
Zug
sterbe
ZĂŒrich
sterbÀ
ZĂŒrich
steebÀ
ZĂŒrich
verrecke
Aargau
abchratze
Aargau
sterbÀ
Appenzell Innerrhoden
steebe
Basel-Landschaft
sterbe
Basel-Landschaft
abfragge
Basel-Landschaft
abgratze
Basel-Landschaft
abschnappe
Basel-Landschaft
ibersteggle
Basel-Landschaft
yyluege
Basel-Landschaft
stÀÀrbe
Basel-Landschaft
umstoo
Basel-Landschaft
verbloose
Basel-Landschaft
vergnelle
Basel-Landschaft
verjaage
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ËÊtÉrbÉn/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German sterben, from Old High German sterban, from Proto-Germanic *sterbanÄ , itself either from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terp- (âto lose force; lose sensibility, become numb; be dead, be motionlessâ) or from Proto-Indo-European *sterbʰ- (âto be stiff, become stiffâ). Cognate with Dutch sterven, Low German starven, stiĂ€rven, sterven, staarven, West Frisian stjerre, English starve.
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