sterbien
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From sterben, made to rhyme with Serbien for the WWI propaganda slogan Serbien muß sterbien (“Serbia has to die”).
Verb
[edit]sterbien
- (intransitive, nonce word, chiefly historical) to die
Further reading
[edit]- “sterbien” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon