Imperfect of German verb sterben

The conjugation of sterben (die (of), die (in)) in the past tense is ich starb, du starbst, er starb, wir starben, ihr starbt, sie starben. As an irregular, strong verb with ablaut -a- the preterite stem starb- is used. The preterite endings -st, -en, -t, -en are appended to this stem. The 1st and 3rd person singular have no endings.The conjugation of these forms conforms to the grammatical rules for verbs in the past tense. Comments ☆

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Examples

Examples of Active Imperfect of the verb sterben

  • Sieben Polizisten starben . 
  • Tom starb Hungers. 
  • Er starb eines natürlichen Todes. 
  • Die Nachbarin starb fast vor Neid. 
  • Er starb im Alter von achtzig Jahren. 
  • Seit er starb , sind zehn Jahre vergangen. 
  • Dieser Künstler starb jung. 
  • Tausende starben durch die Seuche. 
  • Der Ehemann der Witwe starb vor fünf Jahren. 
  • Vor drei Jahren starb mein Freund an den Folgen eines schweren Verkehrsunfalls. 
  • Er starb vorige Woche. 
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Translations

Translation of German sterben

German sterben
English die (of), die (in), pass, pass away, bite the dust, die, cop it, decease
Russian скончаться, умирать, умереть, склеивать ласты, уйти из жизни, склеить ласты, умереть от
Spanish fallecer, morir, morir de, sucumbir, expirar, fenecer, morirse, perecer
French crever, fermer les yeux, mourir, décéder, partir, perdre la vie, casser sa pipe, rendre l’âme
Turkish ölmek
Portuguese falecer, morrer, morrer de, finar-se, expirar, campar-se
Italian morire, andarsene, spirare, saltare
Romanian muri
Hungarian meghal
Polish umierać, umrzeć, konać
Greek πεθαίνω
Dutch doodgaan, sterven, overlijden, verdwijnen, vergaan
Czech umírat, umřít, zemřít, zdechnout, pojít
Swedish dö, avlida
Danish dø
Japanese 死ぬ, 亡くなる
Catalan morir, finar
Finnish kuolla
Norwegian dø
Basque hil
Serbian preminuti, izdahnuti, umreti
Slovenian umirati
Slowakisch skonať, zomrieť, umrieť
Ukrainian помирати, померти, померати, помираючий
Bulgarian умирам
Belorussian памерці
Arabicيلقي مصرعه، يغادر الحياة، تُوفيٍّ، مات، وافت شخص المنية، توفيّ، يرحل عن عالمنا، ذبح نحبه
Persianمردن
Urduوفات پانا، مرنا، انتقال کرنا

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Verb forms in Imperfect of sterben

The verb sterben fully conjugated in all persons and numbers in the Imperfect Indicative

Imperfect IndicativePast

  • ich starb (1st PersonSingular)
  • du starbst (2nd PersonSingular)
  • er starb (3rd PersonSingular)
  • wir starben (1st PersonPlural)
  • ihr starbt (2nd PersonPlural)
  • sie starben (3rd PersonPlural)

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