3 ms·

More like "Those who are said to be about to die live longer", I guess? (Love how compact German can be, by the way)

• TeMPOraL 6y ago
  Nonuniformly so. I wonder if there's a single word that would stand for "live longer", that would expand to "live longer than [the other thing]" in longer sentences?
  • asddubs 6y ago
    "überleben [other thing]"?
    • tom_mellior 6y ago
      Yes, you can use "überleben" in this sense of "outlive someone/something". It's not very common though, "überleben" is usually used for "survive [some dangerous situation]".
      • asddubs 6y ago
        I think that's mostly just because it's not a sentence you would be saying that often. E.g. when talking about parents outliving their children you'd use it
• oblio 6y ago
  The moribund live longer.