totgehen
[ˈtoːtˌɡeːən]
The verdict
“totgehen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aufhören zu leben; den Tod finden
Corpus desk
Index DE-totgehen · totgehen · German
totgehen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | totgehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈtoːtˌɡeːən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „totgehen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
totgehen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈtoːtˌɡeːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aufhören zu leben; den Tod finden".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for totgehen, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is totgehen, spelled T-O-T-G-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1aufhören zu leben; den Tod finden
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how totgehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Sonne brennt herab, 30 Grad im Schatten – nicht mehr lange und ich gehe hier draußen tot!
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.