Totschlag
German, noun/ˈtoːtˌʃlaːk/
Totschlag is spelled T-O-T-S-C-H-L-A-G (9 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written German, the 20,214th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Totschlag is a German masculine noun meaning “second-degree murder, manslaughter; an unlawful killing of a person which is subject to a milder punishment than (first-degree) murder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “vorsätzliche Tötung einer Person, bei der die Kriterien für einen Mord nicht vorliegen”.
What does Totschlag mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesecond-degree murder, manslaughter; an unlawful killing of a person which is subject to a milder punishment than (first-degree) murder
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vorsätzliche Tötung einer Person, bei der die Kriterien für einen Mord nicht vorliegen 2. Tötung eines Menschen
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 Totschlag
- Totschlags genitive
- Totschlages genitive
- Totschläge plural
- Totschlage dative singular
- Totschlägen dative definite plural
- Todschlag obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Totschlag?
- standard /ˈtoːtˌʃlaːk/
- /ˈtoːtˌʃla(ː)x/
- [ˈtoːtˌʃlaːk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Totschlag
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Totschlag in German?
Totschlag appears 2.6 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).