FromMiddle High Germanmort, fromOld High Germanmord, fromProto-West Germanic*morþ, fromProto-Germanic*murþą. Cognate withDutchmoord,Englishmurth,Swedishmord,Finnishmurha. Also related withEnglishmurder,Frenchmeurtre.
- IPA(key): /mɔrt/,[mɔʁt],[mɔɐ̯t],[mɔːt]
- Hyphenation:Mord
Mord m (strong,genitiveMordesorMords,pluralMorde)
- murder
- Certain milder cases of murder, such as the Americansecond-degree murder, are often covered byTotschlag in German legal terminology and do not then qualify asMord.
- An English phrase like “Peter's murder” is ambiguous as it can mean either “the murder that Peter committed” or “the murder by which Peter was killed”. In German, „Peters Mord” can only mean the former. The latter is expressed as „der Mordan Peter“ or by using the wordErmordung („Peters Ermordung”).
Declension ofMord [masculine, strong]
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