Hungertod
German, noun[ˈhʊŋɐˌtoːt]
Hungertod is spelled H-U-N-G-E-R-T-O-D (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 68,093rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hungertod is a German masculine noun meaning “death by hunger” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Tod wegen Nahrungsmangel”.
What does Hungertod mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedeath by hunger
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tod wegen Nahrungsmangel
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 Hungertod
- Hungertodes genitive
- Hungertods genitive
- Hungertode plural
- Hungertoden dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hungertod?
- [ˈhʊŋɐˌtoːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Hungertod in German?
Hungertod 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).