moribund
German, adjective/moʁiˈbʊnt/
moribund is spelled M-O-R-I-B-U-N-D (8 letters) and appears about once in every 43 million words in written German, the 391,488th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Moribund is a German adjective meaning “moribund (approaching death)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “im Sterben liegend; dem Tode nahe”.
What does moribund mean in English?
adjective
- 1
moribund (approaching death)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. im Sterben liegend; dem Tode nahe
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 moribund
- moribunder masculine nominative singular
- moribunde feminine nominative singular
- moribundes neuter nominative singular
- moribunden genitive masculine singular
- moribundem dative masculine singular
- der moribunde definite includes-article masculine
- die moribunde definite feminine includes-article
- das moribunde definite includes-article neuter
- die moribunden definite includes-article nominative
- des moribunden definite genitive includes-article
- der moribunden definite feminine genitive
- dem moribunden dative definite includes-article
- den moribunden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce moribund?
- /moʁiˈbʊnt/
- [moʁiˈbʊnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to moribund
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is moribund in German?
moribund appears about once in every 43 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).