töten

== German == === Alternative forms === tödten (obsolete, predominant until 1900), töden (until 18th c.) === Etymology === From Middle High German tœten, tœden, from Old High German *tōten, tōden, from Proto-West Germanic *daudijan ~ *dauþijan. By surface analysis, tot (“dead”) +‎ -en. Cognate with Dutch doden, Old Norse deyða, Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (dauþjan). Compare also English deaden. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtøːtən/, [ˈtøː.tn̩] Hyphenation: tö‧ten === Verb === töten (weak, third-person singular present tötet, past tense tötete, past participle getötet, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to kill ==== Usage notes ==== In formal style, töten is an adequate translation of English “to kill” in its literal meaning. Colloquially, the verb umbringen is preferred and töten is rare. In particular, only umbringen is generally used in figurative senses. For example: Ich bring meinen Freund um, wenn er meine Blumen nicht gegossen hat! (“I'll kill my boyfriend if he hasn't watered my flowers!”). ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Töten, Töter, Tötung tötend, getötet abtöten ==== Related terms ==== tot Tod ==== See also ==== Neuntöter === Further reading === “töten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “töten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “töten” in Duden online “töten” in OpenThesaurus.de == Tatar == === Noun === töten smoke