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Top 1,000verb, perfective

поги́бнуть

[pɐˈɡʲibnʊtʲ]to perish, to die of unnatural causes, to be killed

Frequency rank #794 About 1 in every 8,600 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
погибнуть #794

Meaning

  1. to perish, to die of unnatural causes, to be killed

Examples

Он поги́б в автокатастро́фе

He was killed in an auto accident

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Forms by frequency

  • поги́бmasculine, singular, past#2,251
  • поги́блиplural, past#3,474
  • поги́блаfeminine, singular, past#5,539
  • поги́бнутьinfinitive#8,312
  • поги́бнетsingular, 3rd person, future#10,766
  • поги́блоneuter, singular, past#11,480
  • поги́бнутplural, 3rd person, future#13,003
  • поги́бнемplural, 1st person, future#17,721
  • поги́бнешьsingular, 2nd person, future#27,242
  • поги́бнуsingular, 1st person, future#28,431
  • поги́бшийpast, participle#33,601
  • поги́бнетеplural, 2nd person, future#49,086
  • поги́бшиpast, gerund
  • поги́бниimperative, singular, 2nd person

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