Herztod
German, noun/ˈhɛʁt͡sˌtoːt/
Herztod is spelled H-E-R-Z-T-O-D (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 96,776th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herztod is a German masculine noun meaning “cardiac death” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Exitus, der eintritt, weil das Herz seinen Geist aufgibt”.
What does Herztod mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecardiac death
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Exitus, der eintritt, weil das Herz seinen Geist aufgibt
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 Herztod
- Herztodes genitive
- Herztods genitive
- Herztode plural
- Herztoden dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Herztod?
- /ˈhɛʁt͡sˌtoːt/
- [ˈhɛʁt͡sˌtoːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Herztod in German?
Herztod appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).