dahinsterben
[daˈhɪnˌʃtɛʁbn̩]
The verdict
“dahinsterben” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (allmählich, aber auch plötzlich) aufhören zu leben
Corpus desk
Index DE-dahinsterben · dahinsterben · German
dahinsterben · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dahinsterben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [daˈhɪnˌʃtɛʁbn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „dahinsterben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
dahinsterben is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [daˈhɪnˌʃtɛʁbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dahinsterben, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is dahinsterben, spelled D-A-H-I-N-S-T-E-R-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1(allmählich, aber auch plötzlich) aufhören zu leben
- 2aufhören zu bestehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dahinsterben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hunger und Seuchen hatten die Stadt fest im Würgegriff, und bald schon waren viele ihrer Bewohner eines jämmerlichen Todes dahingestorben.
Mit dem Tode des Königs starb in Ermangelung eines Nachkommen und Thronfolgers auch seine Dynastie dahin.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.