Polyglot Dictionary

Selbstmord

/ˈzɛlpstˌmɔʁt/

der noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Selbstmorde

Meaning

  1. suicide

    • Der Selbstmord ist ein ernstes Thema.

      Suicide is a serious subject.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

suizid

Suizid is the more clinical, medical term for "suicide"; Selbstmord is the everyday word, though increasingly considered less sensitive due to the "Mord" (murder) root.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

suicidio

suicidio is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "suicide."

Portuguese

suicídio

suicídio is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "suicide."

Practice

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