Kindstod
German, noun/ˈkɪntsˌtoːt/
Kindstod is spelled K-I-N-D-S-T-O-D (8 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 134,701st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kindstod is a German masculine noun meaning “cot death, crib death, sudden infant death syndrome (unexplained death of a baby, usually while sleeping)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Tod eines Kindes”.
What does Kindstod mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecot death, crib death, sudden infant death syndrome (unexplained death of a baby, usually while sleeping)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tod eines Kindes
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 Kindstod
- Kindstodes genitive
- Kindstods genitive
- Kindstode plural
- Kindstoden dative definite plural
- Kindertod variant
- Kindestod variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kindstod?
- /ˈkɪntsˌtoːt/
- [ˈkɪnt͡sˌtoːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kindstod in German?
Kindstod appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).