Todestrieb
German, noun[ˈtoːdəsˌtʁiːp]
Todestrieb is spelled T-O-D-E-S-T-R-I-E-B (10 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 161,302nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Todestrieb is a German masculine noun meaning “death drive, death instinct” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Konzept der Psychoanalyse”.
What does Todestrieb mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedeath drive, death instinct
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Konzept der Psychoanalyse
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 Todestrieb
- Todestriebes genitive
- Todestriebs genitive
- Todestriebe plural
- Todestrieben dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Todestrieb?
- [ˈtoːdəsˌtʁiːp]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Todestrieb in German?
Todestrieb appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).