From Middle High German sterben, from Old High German sterban, from Proto-Germanic *sterbaną, itself either from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terp- (“to lose force; lose sensibility, become numb; be dead, be motionless”) or from Proto-Indo-European *sterbʰ- (“to be stiff, become stiff”).
sterbn (past participle gsturbn)
infinitive | sterbn | ||
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present tense | past tense | subjunctive | |
1st person sing. | stirb | - | starbad |
2nd person sing. | stirbst | - | starbadst |
3rd person sing. | stirbt | - | starbad |
1st person plur. | sterbn | - | starbadn |
2nd person plur. | sterbts | - | starbats |
3rd person plur. | sterbn | - | starbadn |
imperative sing. | stirb | ||
imperative plur. | sterbts | ||
past participle | gsturbn |