sterbenskrank
German, adjective/ˈʃtɛʁbn̩sˈkʁaŋk/
sterbenskrank is spelled S-T-E-R-B-E-N-S-K-R-A-N-K (13 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 200,239th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sterbenskrank is a German adjective meaning “fatally ill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “so schwer erkrankt, dass keine Heilung möglich ist und der Tod unmittelbar bevorsteht”.
What does sterbenskrank mean in English?
adjective
- 1
fatally ill
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. so schwer erkrankt, dass keine Heilung möglich ist und der Tod unmittelbar bevorsteht 2. sich vorübergehend elend fühlend
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 sterbenskrank
- sterbenskranker masculine nominative singular
- sterbenskranke feminine nominative singular
- sterbenskrankes neuter nominative singular
- sterbenskranken genitive masculine singular
- sterbenskrankem dative masculine singular
- der sterbenskranke definite includes-article masculine
- die sterbenskranke definite feminine includes-article
- das sterbenskranke definite includes-article neuter
- die sterbenskranken definite includes-article nominative
- des sterbenskranken definite genitive includes-article
- der sterbenskranken definite feminine genitive
- dem sterbenskranken dative definite includes-article
- den sterbenskranken dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sterbenskrank?
- /ˈʃtɛʁbn̩sˈkʁaŋk/
- [ˈʃtɛʁbn̩sˈkʁaŋk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sterbenskrank in German?
sterbenskrank appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).