How does one say "death" or "dead" in several different languages?

Question

Just curious.

Answer 1

In portuguese:

death = morte

dead  = morto (m), morta (f)

Answer 2

'Death' :

Albanian: vdekje f.

Arabic: موت (mawt) m.

Aramaic:

- Syriac: ܡܘܬܐ (mawtā’) m.

- Hebrew: מותא (mawtā’) m.

Armenian: Õ´Õ¡Õ° (mah)

Bosnian: smrt f.

Bulgarian: смърт (smǎrt) f.

CJKV Characters: æ­»

Catalan: mort f.

Chinese: 死亡 (sǐwáng)

Croatian: smrt f.

Czech: smrt f.

Danish: død c.

Dutch: dood m.

Esperanto: morto

Estonian: surm  

Faroese: deyði m.

Finnish: kuolema  

French: mort f.

German: Tod m.

Greek: θάνατος (thánatos) m., θανατάς (thanatás) m., πεθαμός (pethamós) m., αποθαμός (apothamós) m., χάρος (xáros) m.

Guaraní: mano, e'õ (t-)

Hawaiian: make

Hebrew: מוות (mavet) m.

Hindi: मृत्यु (mrityu), मरण (mar.n), मौत (maut)

Hungarian: halál  

Icelandic: dauði m.

Indonesian: mati  

Interlingua: morte

Italian: morte f.

Japanese: æ­» (s**+)

Korean: 죽음 (jugeum)

Kurdish: mirin f., merg f., wefat f., mewt f., emrê Xwedê m., مه‌رگ , مردن Latin: mors f., exitium n., quietus m.

Latvian: nāve f.

Lithuanian: mirtis f.

Low Saxon: dood m.

Macedonian: смрт (smrt) f.

Malayalam: മരണം (maraNam)

Maori: mate

Mongolian: үхэл (ühel)

Norwegian: død m.

Occitan: mòrt f.

Persian: موت (mot), مرگ (marg)

Polish: śmierć f., zgon m.

Portuguese: morte f.

Romanian: moarte f.

Russian: смерть (smert’) f.

Sardinian (Campidanese): morti f.

Scottish Gaelic: bàs m.

Serbian:

- Cyrillic: смрт f.

- Roman: smrt f.

Slovak: smrÅ¥  f.

Slovene: smrt f.

Spanish: muerte f.

Swahili: kifo  

Swedish: död c.

Telugu: మరణము (maranamu), చావు (chaavu)

Tongan: mate

Tupinambá: e'õ (t-)

Turkish: ölüm  

Urdu: موت (mot), مرگ (marg), مرت (mritu)

West Frisian: dea m.



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'Dead' adj. :

Albanian: vdekur

Breton: maro

Catalan: mort

Chinese:

- Mandarin: trad. 死, simpl. 死 (sǐ)

- Chinese Characters: æ­»

Croatian: mrtav  

Czech: mrtvý m.

Danish: død  

Dutch: dood, dode, overleden, gestorven

Finnish: kuollut (1, 3)

French: mort m., morte f.

German: tot (1,3), gestorben (2)

Greek: νεκρός (nekrós) m., πεθαμένος (pethaménos) m., άψυχος (ápsykhos) (soul-less) m., άζω(τ)ος [ázō(t)os] (life-less) m.

Hebrew: מת (met) m., מתה (meta) f.

Hungarian: halott  

Icelandic: dauður m., dauð f., dautt n.; dáinn m., dáin f., dáið n.; látinn m., látin f., látið n.

Indonesian: mati , meninggal  

Interlingua: morte

Italian: morto m., morta f.

Japanese: 死んだ (shinda)

Kurdish: مردو

Latin: mortuus m., mortua f., mortuum n.

Low Saxon: dood

Polish: martwy (1), zmarły (1), zepsuty (3)

Portuguese: morto m., morta f.

Romanian: m.

Russian: мертвый m., мертвая f. (1); дохлый m., дохлая f. (coll., disparaging) (1, 3)

Scottish Gaelic: marbh

Slovak: mŕtvy

Slovene: mrtev m., mrtva f., mrtvo n. (1,3)

Spanish: muerto m., muerta f.

Swedish: död (1,3)

West Frisian: dea, deade



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Answer 3

Death----> Mort

Dead----->Mort(e)

Die-------> Mourir

In french.

Answer 4

in English we say death, and in German they say Der Tod.

Answer 5

Death - Marwolaeth, Trancedigaeth, Angau

Dead - Marw,

Death - Mareth

Dead - Marw

The first language is my native language Welsh

The Second language is  Cornish another language i speak which is similar to Welsh.  

Answer 6

Aleut:

Asxaasal-Death

Asxaxtas-Dead

Yupik/Inuit:

Tuqu-Death

Inuit:

Tuqungayuq/Tuquhimayuq 'dead'

Answer 7

-in french we say "la mort" to say "the death" and to say "dead" it's "mort" for a guy and "morte" for a girl.

-in italian "the death" it's "la morte" and "dead" it's 'morta" for a girl and "morto" for a guy  

Answer 8

Spanish: Death - La muerte, Dead - Muerto/Muerta (boy/girl)

Czech: Death - Smrt, Dead - Mrtvý/Mrtvá (boy/girl)

Answer 9

death = mawt= موت

dead = meyet= ميت

death = mavet = מות

dead = met = מת

( first language is arabic and the second is hebrew)

Answer 10

Death:

French         - la mort (the death)

German       - tod

Italian           - morte

Portuguese - morte

Russian       - смерть (smye-rt)

Spanish       - muerte

Swedish      - död

Dead:

Dutch           - dood

French         - mort(e(girl)) (dead)

German       - tot

Italian           - guasto

Russian       - мертво (mert-vo)

Spanish       - (same as above)

Swedish      - dött

I should ask your reason but, whatever. Happy Picking

Vladimir G.