sterbend
German, adjective[ˈʃtɛʁbn̩t]
sterbend is spelled S-T-E-R-B-E-N-D (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 76,606th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sterbend is a German adjective meaning “dying” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of sterben. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich im Sterben befindend, die Lebenskraft verlierend”.
What does sterbend mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dying
verb
- 1
present participle of sterben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sich im Sterben befindend, die Lebenskraft verlierend
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 sterbend
- sterbender masculine nominative singular
- sterbende feminine nominative singular
- sterbendes neuter nominative singular
- sterbenden genitive masculine singular
- sterbendem dative masculine singular
- der sterbende definite includes-article masculine
- die sterbende definite feminine includes-article
- das sterbende definite includes-article neuter
- die sterbenden definite includes-article nominative
- des sterbenden definite genitive includes-article
- der sterbenden definite feminine genitive
- dem sterbenden dative definite includes-article
- den sterbenden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sterbend?
- [ˈʃtɛʁbn̩t]
- [ˈʃtɛʁbm̩t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sterbend
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sterbend in German?
sterbend appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).