Topic: German

"Viele Menschen verloren ihr Leben."

Translation:Many people lost their lives.

October 3, 2017

7 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/az_p
Mod

    Does this phrasing sound natural to native-speakers? I have heard other phrasings much more commonly, for example viele Menschen sind ums Leben gekommen.

    October 4, 2017
    https://www.duolingo.com/Scotty961538

      I have heard kamen ums Leben.. Yours is the perfect form so would say it was but I'm certainly no native

      March 13, 2018
      https://www.duolingo.com/patofr33
      • 11

      wouldn't it be "lose"?

      October 3, 2017
      https://www.duolingo.com/BirgitAsh

        Lose is present tense. It would then translate to: ...verlieren ihr Leben.

        October 3, 2017
        https://www.duolingo.com/patofr33
        • 11

        Thanks!

        October 3, 2017
        https://www.duolingo.com/FatAlan

          Is this an example of 'distributive singular' for ihr Leben?

          November 13, 2018
          https://www.duolingo.com/IndiraSinghRo
          • 43

          where they lost life ? in the war? ????

          June 16, 2019
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