Hirntod
German, noun/ˈhɪʁnˌtoːt/
Hirntod is spelled H-I-R-N-T-O-D (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 66,083rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hirntod is a German masculine noun meaning “brain death” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “endgültiges und vollständiges Erlöschen der lebensnotwendigen Gehirnfunktionen”.
What does Hirntod mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebrain death
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. endgültiges und vollständiges Erlöschen der lebensnotwendigen Gehirnfunktionen
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 Hirntod
- Hirntodes genitive
- Hirntods genitive
- Hirntode plural
- Hirntoden dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hirntod?
- /ˈhɪʁnˌtoːt/
- [ˈhɪʁnˌtoːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Hirntod in German?
Hirntod appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).