 | English  | German | |
 | sb. throttled [to death] | 1097 jd. erdrosselte | |
| posthumous {adj} [child, born after the death of the father] | 37 nachgeboren | |
| sth. overtakes sb. [fate, death etc.] | 14 jdn. ereilt etw. [geh.] | |
| killing {adj} [causing death] | 10 tödlich | |
| sb. throttles [to death] | 9 jd. erdrosselt | |
| child {adj} [attr.] [e.g. bride, death, murderer] | Kinds- [z. B. Braut, Tod, Mörder] | |
| posthumous {adj} [also fig.] [(of a child) born after the death of its father] | nach dem Tode (des Vaters) [auch fig.] | |
| med. postmortem {adj} {adv} <p.m., PM> [after death] | post mortem <p. m.> [geh.] [nach dem Tode] | |
| Verbs |
| to save sb./sth. [keep sb./sth. safe from death, harm, loss, etc.] | 861 jdn./etw. retten | |
| law to execute sb. [put to death] | 483 jdn. hinrichten | |
| to lapidate [obs.] [stone to death] | 216 steinigen | |
| to announce sth. [signal, also: birth, death etc.] | 125 etw. anzeigen [mitteilen] | |
| to mark sth. [sb.'s birth or death, a historical date, etc.] | 118 etw.Akk. begehen [geh.] [feiern] [jds. Geburts- od. Todestag, einen Jahrestag etc.] | |
| to famish [to starve to death] | 113 verhungern | |
| law to execute sb. [put to death] | 35 jdn. richten [veraltet] [hinrichten] | |
| to agonize [be in agony before death] | mit dem Tode ringen [Redewendung] | |
| to confront sb./sth. [e.g. devil, death: stare in the face] | jdm./etw. ins Angesicht blicken [geh.] | |
| law to execute sb. [put to death] | jdn. justifizieren [veraltet] [hinrichten] | |
| Nouns |
| demise [death] | 1248 Ableben {n} [geh.] | |
| agony [death throes] | 690 Todeskampf {m} | |
| hist. law stake [punishment of death by burning] | 402 Scheiterhaufen {m} | |
| demise [death] | 361 Tod {m} | |
| demise [death] | 141 Hinscheiden {n} [geh.] | |
| sympathy [esp. at death] | 117 Anteilnahme {f} | |
| sympathy [at death] | 112 Beileid {n} | |
| agony {sg} [death agony] | 71 Todesqualen {pl} | |
| passing [death] | 61 Ableben {n} [geh.] | |
| electrocution [causing death] | 60 Stromtod {m} | |
| anniversary [of death] | 41 Jahrestag {m} [des Todestages] | |
| demise [death] | 38 Hingang {m} [geh.] | |
| agony [death throes, lit. and fig.] | 35 Agonie {f} | |
| execution [of a death sentence] | 21 Exekution {f} | |
| hist. law heriot [archaic] [feudal death duty] | 19 [im späten angelsächsischen England eine Erbschaftssteuer in Form einer vollständigen Ausrüstung eines Kriegers; vgl. „Heergewäte“] | |
| passing [death] | 19 Hinscheiden {n} [geh.] | |
| departure [euph.] [death] | 18 Dahinscheiden {n} [geh.] [euph.] | |
| relig. anniversary [of death] | 9 Jahrzeit {f} [schweiz. regional auch {n}] | |
| departure [euph.] [death] | 8 Hinscheiden {n} [geh.] [euph.] | |
| hist. tumbrel [for prisoners condemned to death] | 7 Schinderkarren {m} | |
| [hastened death by self-denial of food and drink] | Sterbefasten {n} | |
| [news of sb.'s death] | Todesnachricht {f} | |
| relig. anniversaries [esp. of death] | Anniversarien {pl} | |
| relig. bardo [a state of existence between death and rebirth in Tibetan Buddhism] | Bardo {m} | |
| comp. deadscreen [coll.] [blue screen of death] | blauer Tod {m} [ugs.] [hum.] [Bluescreen] | |
| Death [literary] [personification of death in the form of a skeleton] | der Knochenmann {m} [literarisch] | |
| esot. games Death <XIII> [also: death] [Tarot card] | Tod {m} <XIII> [Tarotkarte] | |
| film games mus. deathdealer [death dealer] | Todbringer {m} | |
| departing [death] | Hinschied {m} [schweiz.] [Tod] | |
| departure [euph.] [death] | Heimgang {m} [geh.] [euph.] | |
| med. mil. exit [fig.] [death] | Abgang {m} [Todesfall, Tod] | |
| ling. glottophagy [rare for: language death] | Sprachtod {m} | |
