deathbed

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• UK: /ˈdɛθˌbɛd/
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From Middle English dethbed, from Old English dēaþbedd (“deathbed; grave”), equivalent to death + bed. Cognate with Swedish dödsbädd (“deathbed”). Compare also Dutch sterfbed (“deathbed”), German Sterbebett and Totenbett (both “deathbed”), Danish dødsleje (“deathbed”).

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: sterfbed — the bed on which someone dies
• Azerbaijani: ölüm yatağı — the bed on which someone dies
• Bulgarian: смъ́ртно легло́ (smǎ́rtno legló) — the bed on which someone dies
• Chinese Mandarin: 臨終床 /临终床 (línzhōng chuáng) — the bed on which someone dies
• Danish: dødsleje — the bed on which someone dies
• Dutch: sterfbed — the bed on which someone dies
• Dutch: doodsbed — the bed on which someone dies
• Estonian: surivoodi — the bed on which someone dies
• Faroese: deyðastrá — the bed on which someone dies
• Finnish: kuolinvuode — the bed on which someone dies
• French: lit de mort — the bed on which someone dies
• Georgian: სასიკვდილო სარეცელი (sasiḳvdilo sareceli) — the bed on which someone dies
• German: Sterbebett — the bed on which someone dies
• German: Totenbett — the bed on which someone dies
• Greek: νεκροκρέβατο (nekrokrévato) — the bed on which someone dies
• Greek: νεκρική κλίνη (nekrikí klíni) — the bed on which someone dies
• Hungarian: halálos ágy — the bed on which someone dies
• Icelandic: dánarbeður — the bed on which someone dies
• Icelandic: banasæng — the bed on which someone dies
• Icelandic: banalega — the bed on which someone dies
• Irish: leaba an bháis — the bed on which someone dies
• Italian: letto di morte — the bed on which someone dies
• Japanese: 死の床 (shi no toko) — the bed on which someone dies
• Norman: liet d'mort — the bed on which someone dies
• Norwegian Bokmål: dødsleie — the bed on which someone dies
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dødsleie — the bed on which someone dies
• Old English: dēaþbedd — the bed on which someone dies
• Polish: łoże śmierci — the bed on which someone dies
• Portuguese: leito de morte — the bed on which someone dies
• Russian: сме́ртное ло́же (smértnoje lóže) — the bed on which someone dies
• Russian: сме́ртный одр (smértnyj odr) — the bed on which someone dies
• Serbo-Croatian: самртна постеља — the bed on which someone dies
• Serbo-Croatian: samrtna postelja — the bed on which someone dies
• Spanish: lecho de muerte — the bed on which someone dies
• Swedish: dödsbädd — the bed on which someone dies
• Tamil: சாவுப்படுக்கை (cāvuppaṭukkai) — the bed on which someone dies
• Tamil: மரணப்படுக்கை (maraṇappaṭukkai) — the bed on which someone dies
• Telugu: చావుపడక (cāvupaḍaka) — the bed on which someone dies
• Telugu: మరణశయ్య (maraṇaśayya) — the bed on which someone dies
• Turkish: ölüm döşeği — the bed on which someone dies
• Ukrainian: сме́ртне ло́же (smértne lóže) — the bed on which someone dies