Todestag

German

Etymology

From Tod +‎ -es- +‎ Tag. Compare Swedish dödsdag and English deathday, which are formed similarly.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Todestag m (strong, genitive Todestages or Todestags, plural Todestage)

1. day of someone's death, date on which someone will die

   Synonym: Sterbetag

   Bis zu seinem Todestag engagierte er sich für die Armen.

   He advocated for the poor until the day he died.

2. anniversary of (someone's previous) death, deathday

Declension

Declension of Todestag [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Todestag	die	Todestage
genitive	eines	des	Todestages, Todestags	der	Todestage
dative	einem	dem	Todestag, Todestage1	den	Todestagen
accusative	einen	den	Todestag	die	Todestage

¹Now rare, see notes.