euthanasie

See also: Euthanasie and euthanasié

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Likely borrowed from French euthanasie. The spelling with -ie has been attested since the 1840s. Before then the Latinate spelling euthanasia was used, which was borrowed from Ancient Greek εὐθανασίᾱ (euthanasíā) in the seventeenth century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌœy̯.taː.naːˈzi/
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  • Hyphenation: eu‧tha‧na‧sie
  • Rhymes: -i

Noun

euthanasie f (uncountable)

  1. Euthanasia (medically assisted killing).
  2. (obsolete) Any gentle or good death.

Derived terms

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek εὐθανασία (euthanasía).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ø.ta.na.zi/
  • (file)

Noun

euthanasie f (plural euthanasies)

  1. euthanasia (practice of killing a human being or animal)

Derived terms

Descendants

Verb

euthanasie

  1. inflection of euthanasier:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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