Gnadentod
German, noun/ˈɡnaːdn̩toːt/
Gnadentod is spelled G-N-A-D-E-N-T-O-D (9 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written German, the 343,581st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gnadentod is a German masculine noun meaning “death by mercy killing; mercy death” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Tötung, die eine Beendung unnötigen Leidens darstellen soll; oft euphemistisch für Euthanasie”.
What does Gnadentod mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedeath by mercy killing; mercy death
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tötung, die eine Beendung unnötigen Leidens darstellen soll; oft euphemistisch für Euthanasie
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Gnadentod
- Gnadentodes genitive
- Gnadentods genitive
- Gnadentode plural
- Gnadentoden dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gnadentod?
- /ˈɡnaːdn̩toːt/
- [ˈɡnaːdn̩ˌtoːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Gnadentod in German?
Gnadentod appears about once in every 34 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).