bereits tot

already dead

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phrase Rare #32,478

already dead A compositional phrase meaning that someone or something has died before the time being discussed. “Bereits” is a somewhat more formal alternative to “schon” for “already.”

GE: Als der Arzt eintraf, war der Patient bereits tot.

EN: When the doctor arrived, the patient was already dead.

Ich dachte, du wärst bereits tot.

I thought you were already dead.

Akira war bereits tot.

Akira was already dead.

— Akira (1988)

Wie sind bereits tot?

How are we already dead?

— Pinocchio (2019)

Man kann niemanden umbringen, der bereits tot ist.

You can't kill someone who's already dead.

Seine Bewohner sind bereits tot.

Its inhabitants are already dead.

— Pinocchio (2019)

Tom wusste nicht, dass Maria bereits tot war.

Tom didn't know that Maria was already dead.

Wenn er nicht wäre, wärst du bereits tot, mein Guter.

If it weren't for him, you would already be dead, my good man.

— Amores perros (2000)