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{{also|death-bed|death bed}}
==English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|en|death-bed|death bed}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|dethbed}}, from {{inh|en|ang|dēaþbedd|t=deathbed; grave}}, equivalent to {{compound|en|death|bed}}. Cognate with {{cog|sv|dödsbädd|t=deathbed}}. Compare also {{noncog|nl|sterfbed|t=deathbed}}, {{noncog|de|Sterbebett}} and {{m|de|Totenbett}} (both “deathbed”), {{noncog|da|dødsleje|t=deathbed}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈdɛθˌbɛd/|a=UK}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-deathbed.wav|a=US}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# The [[bed]] on which someone [[dies]].
#* {{quote-book|1=en|year=1886|translator=H.L. Br&aelig;kstad|author=w:Peter Christen Asbj&oslash;rnsen|title=Folk and Fairy Tales|page=254|passage=He was once on his way to an old woman, who was on her '''death-bed''' and who had led a wicked life.}}
# The [[last]] [[hour]]s before [[death]].

====Usage notes====
All three forms {{m|en||deathbed}}, {{m|en||death-bed}}, {{m|en||death bed}} are in use but {{m|en||deathbed}} seems to be preferred.

====Derived terms====
* {{l|en|deathbed conversion}}
* {{l|en|on one's deathbed}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|the bed on which someone dies}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|смъ́ртно легло́|n}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|臨終床|tr=línzhōng chuáng}}
* Danish: {{t|da|dødsleje|n}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|surivoodi}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|deyðastrá}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|kuolinvuode}}
* French: {{t+|fr|lit de mort|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|სასიკვდილო სარეცელი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Sterbebett|n}}, {{t+|de|Totenbett|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|νεκροκρέβατο|n}}, {{t|el|νεκρική κλίνη|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|halálos ágy}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|dánarbeður|m}}, {{t|is|banasæng|f}}, {{t+|is|banalega|f}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|leaba an bháis|f}}
* Italian: {{t|it|letto di morte|m}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|死の床|tr=shi no toko|sc=Jpan}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|liet d'mort|m}} {{qualifier|Jersey}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|dødsleie|n}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|dødsleie|n}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|dēaþbedd|n}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|łoże śmierci|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|leito de morte|m}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|сме́ртное ло́же|n}}, {{t|ru|сме́ртный одр|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|самртна постеља|f}}
*: Roman: {{t|sh|samrtna postelja|f}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|lecho de muerte|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|dödsbädd|c}}
* Tamil: {{t|ta|சாவுப்படுக்கை}}, {{t|ta|மரணப்படுக்கை}}
* Telugu: {{t|te|చావుపడక}}, {{t|te|మరణశయ్య}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|ölüm döşeği}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|сме́ртне ло́же|n}}
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{{C|en|Death}}