my favorite prefix in german is "er-", meaning "to death" <3
trinken -> to drink | ertrinken -> to drown
schießen -> to shoot | erschießen -> to shoot to death
würgen -> to choke | erwürgen -> to choke someone to death
stechen -> to sting | erstechen -> to stab to death
etc etc :]
*stechen -> to stab (as well, not just sting)
schlagen -> to hit | erschlagen -> slay (also: overwhelm)
drücken -> to press | erdrücken -> to crush
etc.
Completive transitive "er-" my beloved! It has a less productive counterpart in non-lethal transitive "an-".
anschießen -> to shoot non-fatally
anfahren -> to hit (but not run over) with a vehicle
hängen -> to hang | erhängen -> to hang until dead
frieren -> to feel cold, to freeze | erfrieren -> to freeze to death

















