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Top 500verb, perfective

умере́ть

[ʊmʲɪˈrʲetʲ]to die of natural causes

Frequency rank #199 About 1 in every 1,800 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
умереть #199

Meaning

  1. to die of natural causes
  2. to disappear, to cease
  3. to become inoperable, to stop working

Examples

При контро́ле с мое́й стороны́ ни оди́н ребёнок не до́лжен умере́ть от го́лода.

Not one child will have to die of hunger under my watch.

У нас есть посло́вица: пасту́х скоре́е допу́стит, что́бы на его́ глаза́х умер его́ сын, не́жели коро́ва.

We have a saying: the herdsman would sooner see his son die before his eyes than his cow.

Related

Forms by frequency

  • у́мерmasculine, singular, past#557
  • умерла́feminine, singular, past#928
  • умере́тьinfinitive#943
  • умру́singular, 1st person, future#2,149
  • умрётsingular, 3rd person, future#2,383
  • у́мерлиplural, past#3,131
  • умрёшьsingular, 2nd person, future#4,357
  • умру́тplural, 3rd person, future#6,266
  • умрёмplural, 1st person, future#6,764
  • умри́imperative, singular, 2nd person#8,522
  • умрётеplural, 2nd person, future#12,010
  • у́мерлоneuter, singular, past#19,481
  • уме́ршийpast, participle#46,087
  • умри́теimperative, plural, 2nd person#47,243

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