On his deathbed he asked me to continue writing to you.
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Deathbed
Synonyms for "deathbed" (21 found)
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5 entriesTranslations
40 translations across 31 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- sterfbed noun (the bed on which someone dies)
Bulgarian
1 entries- смъ́ртно легло́ noun (the bed on which someone dies)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 臨終床 /临终床 noun (the bed on which someone dies)
Danish
1 entries- dødsleje noun (the bed on which someone dies)
Dutch
2 entries- doodsbed noun (the bed on which someone dies)
- sterfbed noun (the bed on which someone dies)
Estonian
1 entries- surivoodi noun (the bed on which someone dies)
Faroese
1 entries- deyðastrá noun (the bed on which someone dies)
Finnish
1 entries- kuolinvuode noun (the bed on which someone dies)
French
1 entries- lit de mort noun (the bed on which someone dies)
Georgian
1 entries- სასიკვდილო სარეცელი noun (the bed on which someone dies)
German
2 entries- Sterbebett noun (the bed on which someone dies)
- Totenbett noun (the bed on which someone dies)
Greek
2 entries- νεκρική κλίνη noun (the bed on which someone dies)
- νεκροκρέβατο noun (the bed on which someone dies)
Hungarian
1 entries- halálos ágy noun (the bed on which someone dies)
Icelandic
3 entries- banalega noun (the bed on which someone dies)
- banasæng noun (the bed on which someone dies)
- dánarbeður noun (the bed on which someone dies)
Irish
1 entries- leaba an bháis noun (the bed on which someone dies)
Italian
1 entries- letto di morte noun (the bed on which someone dies)
Japanese
1 entries- 死の床 noun (the bed on which someone dies)
Norman
1 entries- liet d'mort noun (the bed on which someone dies)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- dødsleie noun (the bed on which someone dies)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- dødsleie noun (the bed on which someone dies)
Old English
1 entries- dēaþbedd noun (the bed on which someone dies)
Polish
1 entries- łoże śmierci noun (the bed on which someone dies)
Portuguese
1 entries- leito de morte noun (the bed on which someone dies)
Russian
2 entries- сме́ртное ло́же noun (the bed on which someone dies)
- сме́ртный одр noun (the bed on which someone dies)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- samrtna postelja noun (the bed on which someone dies)
- самртна постеља noun (the bed on which someone dies)
Spanish
1 entries- lecho de muerte noun (the bed on which someone dies)
Swedish
1 entries- dödsbädd noun (the bed on which someone dies)
Tamil
2 entries- சாவுப்படுக்கை noun (the bed on which someone dies)
- மரணப்படுக்கை noun (the bed on which someone dies)
Telugu
2 entries- చావుపడక noun (the bed on which someone dies)
- మరణశయ్య noun (the bed on which someone dies)
Turkish
1 entries- ölüm döşeği noun (the bed on which someone dies)
Ukrainian
1 entries- сме́ртне ло́же noun (the bed on which someone dies)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
He got religion on his deathbed.
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Tom forgave Mary on his deathbed.
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I'm very proud of my gold pocket watch. My grandfather, on his deathbed, sold me this watch.
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