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Tod

death

noun TOHT Common
Body & Health Health & Illness

Usage Note

Tod is the noun 'death'; don't confuse it with the adjective tot ('dead'), which sounds identical. The intensifier tod- prefixes adjectives for emphasis, as in todmüde ('dead tired') or todernst ('deadly serious').

Examples

"Der Tod kam ganz plötzlich."

Natural Translation

Death came very suddenly.

Literal Translation

The death came quite suddenly.

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