sterbn

Bavarian

Etymology

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

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

Verb

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

Conjugation of sterbn

infinitive	sterbn
past participle	gsturbn
	present	past	subjunctive
1st person singular	stirb	—	starbad
2nd person singular	stirbst	—	starbadst
3rd person singular	stirbt	—	starbad
1st person plural	sterbn	—	starbadn
2nd person plural	sterbts	—	starbats
3rd person plural	sterbn	—	starbadn
	imperative
singular	stirb
plural	sterbts

Derived terms

• aussterbn
• versterbn
• wegsterbn
• åsterbn