tot means “dead” | MotiTan German Dictionary

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Nach dem Biss war die Maus tot.

After the bite, the mouse was dead.

A body lies motionless after life has ended; by extension, a machine, plan, or atmosphere can have no activity.

leblos: Without movement, response, or any visible sign of life.
kaputt: Damaged so badly that a machine or object no longer works.

Nicht mehr am Leben; wörtlich gestorben, in festen Verbindungen auch im übertragenen Sinn "völlig".

German tot continues Old High German tot, from Proto-Germanic *dauþaz, and is related to English dead.

When tot means a dead person as a noun, it is capitalized and inflects as der Tote, die Tote, and die Toten.