sterve

• sterwe, stearwe (Moselle Franconian)

From Middle High German sterven, northern variant of sterben, from Proto-Germanic *sterbaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtɛʀvə/

sterve (third-person singular present stirv or sterv, past tense storv, past participle jestorve)

1. (Ripuarian) to die

   Wä am Jalleje sterve soll, dä weed em Rhing nit versuffe.

   He who’s meant to die on the gallows won’t drown in the Rhine. (Old fatalistic proverb)

• The third-person singular has /i/ or /e/. The past tense has /o/. The past participle has usually /ɔ/, but may also be heard with /o/.

sterve

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of sterven

• streve, veters, vreest

sterve

1. Alternative form of sterven

sterve

1. To die, perish