"Viele Menschen verloren ihr Leben."

Translation: Many people lost their lives.

[patofr33]

wouldn't it be "lose"?

[BirgitAsh]

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

[patofr33]

Thanks!

[az_p]

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

[Scotty961538]

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

[FatAlan]

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