töten

Etymology
From, , from , from.

Compare 🇨🇬 (> 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and also 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  to kill

Usage notes

 * In formal style, töten is an adequate translation of English “to kill” in its literal meaning. Colloquially, the verb is preferred and töten is rare. In particular, only umbringen is generally used in figurative senses. For example: Ich bring meinen Freund um, wenn er meine Blumen nicht gegossen hat! – “I'll kill my boyfriend if he hasn't watered my flowers!”

Noun

 * 1) smoke