Sterbehilfe

German

Etymology

sterben +‎ Hilfe

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Sterbehilfe f (genitive Sterbehilfe, plural Sterbehilfen)

1. help to die, typically referring to euthanasia (practice of killing a human being or animal for mercy reasons), but also to assisted suicide.

Usage notes

• In German, Sterbehilfe is often used as a preferred synonym of Euthanasie. Euthanasie was used as a euphemism of the systematic murder of disabled and sick people during the National Socialist period.

Declension

Declension of Sterbehilfe [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Sterbehilfe	die	Sterbehilfen
genitive	einer	der	Sterbehilfe	der	Sterbehilfen
dative	einer	der	Sterbehilfe	den	Sterbehilfen
accusative	eine	die	Sterbehilfe	die	Sterbehilfen

Hyponyms

• Euthanasie, assistierter Suizid, Beihilfe zur Selbsttötung.

Further reading

• “Sterbehilfe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Sterbehilfe” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Sterbehilfe” in Duden online