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Danish
Etymology
død (“death”) + engel (“angel”)
Noun
dødsengel c (singular definite dødsenglen, plural indefinite dødsengle)
- angel of death
2010, Sara Blædel, Dødsenglen, Art People, →ISBN:Bagefter fortalte han, at det var, som om lyset et øjeblik var blevet stærkere, klarere, og så var det, at Dødsenglen havde talt til ham. „Dine synder skal være dig forladt.”- Afterwards, he said that it was as if the light had, for a moment, become stronger, clearer, and it was then that the angel of death had spoken to him. Your sins shall be forgiven.”
1963, Erik Knudsen, Det er ikke til at bŕe: sangspil frit efter Georg Büchners Leonce und Lena:Det er dødsenglen der hviler på sine mørke puder, og stjernerne rundt om brænder som vokslys.- It is the angel of death that rests on their dark pillows, and the stars surrounding them burn like wax candles.
1986, Niels-oluf Petersen, Her på denne din jord:Det siges, at da den fromme rabbi Josua ben Levi skulle kaldes bort fra denne verden, sagde den Hellige til dødsenglen, at han skulle opfylde, hvad rabbi Josua i dødstunden ville forlange af ham.- It is said that when the pious rabbi Josua ben Levi was to be called away from this world, the Holy One told the angel of death to fulfill what rabbi Josua would demand of him in time of death.
1920, Jakob Wassermann, Caspar Hauser:Saaledes blev Moderen i Sandhed til en Niobe, dog ramte Apollos dræbende Skud Sønner og Døtre uden Forskel, men her gik Dødsenglen Døtrene forbi og dræbte kun Sønnerne.- Thus, the mother truly became a Niobe, and yet the killing shots of Apollon hit sons and daughters indiscriminately, but here, the angel of death passed by the daughters and killed only the sons.
Declension