sterban

== Old High German == === Etymology === 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 *sterbʰ- (“to be stiff, become stiff”). Cognate with Old Saxon stervan, Old English steorfan, Dutch sterven, Old Frisian sterva. === Verb === sterban strong class III to die, become lifeless ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: stërben Alemannic German: steerbe, sterbe Bavarian: sterbn German: sterben Hunsrik: sterrve Luxembourgish: stierwen Pennsylvania German: schtarewe Yiddish: שטאַרבן (shtarbn)