töten
German
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editFrom Middle High German tœten, tœden, from Old High German tōden, from Proto-West Germanic *daudijan.
Compare Old Norse deyða (> Danish døde, Swedish döda), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (dauþjan), Dutch doden and also English deaden.
Pronunciation
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edittöten (weak, third-person singular present tötet, past tense tötete, past participle getötet, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to kill
- Zehn Menschen wurden bei dem Anschlag getötet.
- Ten people were killed in the attack.
Usage notes
edit- In formal style, töten is an adequate translation of English “to kill” in its literal meaning. Colloquially, the verb umbringen is preferred and töten is rare. In particular, only umbringen is generally used in figurative senses. For example: Ich bring meinen Freund um, wenn er meine Blumen nicht gegossen hat! – “I'll kill my boyfriend if he hasn't watered my flowers!”
Conjugation
editinfinitive | töten | ||||
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present participle | tötend | ||||
past participle | getötet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich töte | wir töten | i | ich töte | wir töten |
du tötest | ihr tötet | du tötest | ihr tötet | ||
er tötet | sie töten | er töte | sie töten | ||
preterite | ich tötete | wir töteten | ii | ich tötete1 | wir töteten1 |
du tötetest | ihr tötetet | du tötetest1 | ihr tötetet1 | ||
er tötete | sie töteten | er tötete1 | sie töteten1 | ||
imperative | töt (du) töte (du) |
tötet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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edittöten
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