gestorben sein

to have died

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phrase Common #5,794

to have died Used with forms of “sein” to say that someone has died.

GE: Er könnte schon gestorben sein.

EN: He may already have died.

Tom muss an einem Schlaganfall gestorben sein.

Tom must have died of a stroke.

Tom könnte gestorben sein.

Tom may have died.

Tom muss gestorben sein.

Tom must have died.

Er muss voller Hass gestorben sein.

He must have died filled with hatred.

— Prinzessin Mononoke (1997)

Ihr Vater soll in China gestorben sein.

Her father is said to have died in China.

— Crazy Rich (2018)