Tote

Tote
m, f; -n, -n dead person, dead man (weiblich: woman oder girl); (Leiche) (dead) body, corpse; MIL. casualty; die Toten the dead; RELI. the departed; bei dem Unfall gab es fünf Tote five people were killed in the accident; einen Toten bestatten bury (oder inter geh.) someone; wie ein Toter schlafen umg. sleep like a log; stärker: sleep the sleep of the dead (oder truly exhausted); das weckt Tote auf umg. that (noise etc.) would raise (oder wake[n]) the dead; bist du wieder von den Toten auferstanden? umg., fig. are you back in the land of the living?
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der Tote
dead person; dead man;
die Tote
dead person; dead woman
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To|te(r) ['toːtə]
mf decl as adj
dead person, dead man/woman; (bei Unfall etc) fatality, casualty; (MIL) casualty

die Tóten — the dead

es gab 3 Tóte — 3 people died or were killed

das ist ein Lärm, um Tóte aufzuwecken — the noise is enough to wake(n) the dead

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To·te(r)
[ˈto:tə]
f(m) dekl wie adj (toter Mensch) dead person, dead man/woman, [dead] body; (Todesopfer) fatality
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der/die; adj. Dekl. dead person; dead man/woman

die Toten — the dead

es gab zwei Tote — two people died or were killed; there were two fatalities

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Tote m/f; -n, -n dead person, dead man (weiblich: woman oder girl); (Leiche) (dead) body, corpse; MIL casualty;
die Toten the dead; REL the departed;
bei dem Unfall gab es fünf Tote five people were killed in the accident;
einen Toten bestatten bury (oder inter geh) someone;
wie ein Toter schlafen umg sleep like a log; stärker: sleep the sleep of the dead (oder truly exhausted);
das weckt Tote auf umg that (noise etc) would raise (oder wake[n]) the dead;
bist du wieder von den Toten auferstanden? umg, fig are you back in the land of the living?
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der/die; adj. Dekl. dead person; dead man/woman

die Toten — the dead

es gab zwei Tote — two people died or were killed; there were two fatalities


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