död

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Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /døːd/
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  • Rhymes: -øːd

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish dø̄þer, from Old Norse dauðr (dead), from Proto-Germanic *daudaz.

Adjective

död (comparative dödare, superlative dödast)

  1. (literally or figuratively) dead
    • 1994, Dia Psalma (lyrics and music), “Balladen om lilla Elsa [The ballad of little Elsa]”‎:
      Elsa blev bara åtta år. Hon är död nu, som ni nog förstår. Elsa blev bara åtta år. Hon kommer aldrig mera att vakna.
      Elsa only lived to be eight years old . She is dead now, as you probably understand. Elsa only lived to be eight years old. She will never again wake up.
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Inflection of död
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular död dödare dödast
neuter singular dött dödare dödast
plural döda dödare dödast
masculine plural2 döde dödare dödast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 döde dödare dödaste
all döda dödare dödaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish dø̄þer, from Old Norse dauðr (death), from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz.

Noun

död c

  1. things dying; death
    De har upplevt för mycket död
    They've experienced too much death
  2. (in the definite "döden") the end of someone's life; death
    Tills döden skiljer oss åt
    Till death do us part
    "Vem är du?" "Jag är döden."
    "Who are you?" "I am death."
Usage notes

Works like a mass noun (like water), and hence rarely pluralized. When referring to multiple deaths (for example from disease or disasters), dödsfall is typically used instead.

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