versterben

Meaning

to die, to pass away

Concepts

die

pass away

go

expire

decease

pass on

buy the farm

cash in one’s chips

choke

conk

croak

demise

drop dead

exit

kick the bucket

pass

perish

pop off

ring down the curtain

snuff it

succumb

cease to be

give-up the ghost

go to meet ones maker

join the choir invisible

kick

kick in

give up the ghost

get

occur

get out of

roll over

underlie

bite the dust

vanish

wite

terminate

Hyphenated as

ver‧ster‧ben

Pronounced as (IPA)

/feʁˈʃtɛʁbən/

Etymology

From Middle High German versterben. By surface analysis, ver- + sterben.