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töten: kill — meaning and examples | JadoLearn

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töten

kill

to cause a person, animal, or other living being to die

IPA/ˈtøːtn̩/

The main stress follows standard German pronunciation.

töten: kill

Meaning 1neutral · 86%

to cause a person, animal, or other living being to die

Das Mittel tötet schädliche Insekten.

Verschmutztes Wasser kann Fische töten.

Bei dem Angriff wurden mehrere Menschen getötet.

töten is transitive and requires an accusative object. In passive sentences, the affected person or animal becomes the subject.

Use jemanden/etwas töten: Die Krankheit tötete viele Tiere.

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töten is a transitive verb: jemanden/etwas töten. It is neutral to formal and means to cause a living being's death.