Verb form / Adjective
gestorben
Pronunciation: /ɡəˈʃtɔʁbən/
died (past participle of sterben)
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Meanings
Adjective
- died (past participle of sterben)
- deceased, no longer alive
Example sentence
Ihr Großvater ist im Alter von neunzig Jahren gestorben.
Her grandfather died at the age of ninety.
Word forms
sterbenstirbtstarbist gestorben
Usage
- ist gestorben — The participle of sterben forms the perfect with sein.
- gestorben / tot — Gestorben describes dying; tot describes the resulting state.
Der alte Apfelbaum ist im trockenen Sommer gestorben.
The old apple tree died during the dry summer.