Bavarian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German sterben, from Old High German sterban, from Proto-Germanic *sterbaną, itself either from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terp- (to lose force; lose sensibility, become numb; be dead, be motionless) or from Proto-Indo-European *sterbʰ- (to be stiff, become stiff).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃd̥ɛɐ̯m/
  • Hyphenation: sterbn

Verb edit

sterbn (past participle gsturbn)

  1. (intransitive) to die
  2. (transitive) to die a (particular kind of) death
  3. (transitive, with ån) to die of or from something

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit