euthanasie

Meaning

1. (feminine, no-diminutive, uncountable) euthanasia (medically assisted killing)
2. (feminine, no-diminutive, obsolete, uncountable) any gentle or good death

Concepts

euthanasia

mercy killing

assisted suicide

Synonyms

eutanasie

Translations

eutanásia

eutanasia

eutanasia

euthanasie

ευθανασία

Euthanasie

euthanasia

ötanazi

Sterbehilfe

eutanàsia

قتل رحيم

ευθανασια

Sterbehilfe Euthanasie

aktive Sterbehilfe

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌœy̯.taː.naːˈzi/

Etymology

Borrowed from French: euthanasie

In summary

Likely borrowed from French euthanasie. The spelling with -ie has been attested since the 1840s. Before then the Latinate spelling euthanasia was used, which was borrowed from Ancient Greek εὐθανασίᾱ (euthanasíā) in the seventeenth century.