moord

Noun

1. (masculine) murder, a type of killing legally in a more severe degree than homicide
2. (dated, masculine) a tragedy, something extremely grave

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of moorden:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of moorden:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of moorden:

moorden

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/moːrt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: mort

Inherited from Old Dutch: morth

In summary

From Middle Dutch mort, from Old Dutch morth, from Proto-West Germanic *morþ, from Proto-Germanic *murþą, from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die”).

Concepts

murder

assassination

homicide

killing

slaying

kill

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slaughter

slaughtering

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Synonyms

doodslag

prooi

sluipmoord

mord

huurmoord

Translations

Mord

assassinio

asesinato

meurtre

morderstwo

assassinat

assassinat

omicidio

zabójstwo

homicídio

assassinato

δολοφονία

homicidio

cinayet

Ermordung

Sentences

Hij heeft ooit een moord gepleegd .

He once committed a murder.

Op de plaats van de moord hadden de onderzoekers een lege huls gevonden , maar toch was er niemand neergeschoten .

At the scene of the murder, the investigators had found an empty shell, yet no one had been shot.

De moord die daar is begaan was een diep verwerpelijke, afschuwelijke daad .

The murder that occurred there was a profoundly condemnable, abhorrent act.