der Totschlag

B2 Noun frequency rank #9,028

What Totschlag means

Noun

second-degree murder, manslaughter; an unlawful killing of a person which is subject to a milder punishment than (first-degree) murder

Forms

der Totschlag · die Totschläge

Plural: Totschläge

Pronunciation

Totschlag in a sentence

Im deutschen Recht wird Totschlag milder bestraft als Mord.

Under German law, manslaughter carries a milder punishment than murder.

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Totschlag is B2 German — upper-intermediate vocabulary, ranked #9,028 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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