dying

sterbend

Kurz vor dem Tod stehend oder mit dem nahenden Tod immer schwächer werdend.

In einfachem Englisch: About to lose life, or becoming weaker as death gets closer.

• They tried to save the dying bird.
• She stayed beside her dying father.
• The nurse cared for sick and dying patients.

Häufige Wendungen: a dying patient, dying tree, the dying

aussterbend, abklingend

Immer schwächer oder weniger aktiv werdend und dem Ende nahe.

In einfachem Englisch: Becoming weaker, less active, or close to ending.

• Fishing is a dying industry here.
• They scored in the dying minutes of the match.
• We sat beside the dying fire until midnight.

Synonyme: declining, fading

Gegenteile: growing, thriving

Häufige Wendungen: dying industry, dying moments, dying art

letzter

In den letzten Augenblicken eines Lebens geschehend oder geäußert.

In einfachem Englisch: Happening or expressed during the last moments of someone’s life.

• Her dying wish was to see the sea.
• His dying words were a message for his daughter.
• She used her dying breath to ask for forgiveness.

Synonyme: last, final

Häufige Wendungen: dying words, dying wish, dying breath

Sterben

Der Vorgang, bei dem das Leben eines Menschen oder eines anderen Lebewesens endet.

In einfachem Englisch: The process in which a person or another living thing loses life.

• The book explores death and dying.
• She believed that dying should be peaceful.
• His gradual dying was difficult for the family to witness.

Synonyme: death

Häufige Wendungen: death and dying, process of dying, fear of dying