English
The Grim Reaper
Etymology
grim + reaper , from the popular personification of Death as a reaper (harvester) of souls.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Grim Reaper
A personification of Death as an old man, or a skeleton , carrying a scythe , taking souls to the afterlife .
Synonyms
Translations
personification of Death
Afrikaans: skoppensboer
Arabic: حِفَاف الْأَرْوَاح m ( ḥifāf al-ʔarwāḥ )
Bulgarian: а́нгел на смъ́ртта m ( ángel na smǎ́rtta )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 死神 (zh) ( sǐshén ) ( lit.: God of death )
Czech: smrtka (cs) f
Danish: manden med leen
Dutch: Magere Hein , Pietje de Dood , engel des doods m
Esperanto: Falĉilulo , Mortulo
Finnish: viikatemies (fi)
French: Faucheuse (fr) f , Mort (fr) f , Grande Faucheuse (fr) f , ange de la mort (fr) m
German: Sensenmann (de) m , Schnitter (de) m , Todesengel (de) m
Greek: χάρος (el) m ( cháros ) , άγγελος θανάτου m ( ángelos thanátou ) , ανθρωποθεριστής (el) m ( anthropotheristís )
Hebrew: מַלְאַךְ הַמָּוֶת (he) m ( mal'ách hamávet )
Hungarian: kaszás , halál angyala , a halál megszemélyesített formája
Icelandic: maðurinn með ljáinn m , engill dauðans m
Italian: Tristo Mietitore m , Cupo Mietitore m , Sinistro Mietitore m , angelo della morte m
Japanese: 死神 (ja) ( しにがみ, shinigami ) ( lit.: God of death )
Kazakh: өлім періштесі ( ölım perıştesı )
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Korean: 사신 (ko) ( sasin ) (死神 (ko) ), 저승사자 ( jeoseungsaja )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: mannen med ljåen (no) m
Nynorsk: mannen med ljåen m
Polish: kostucha (pl) f , śmiertka f
Portuguese: Morte f , Ceifador m , anjo da morte m
Romanian: sumbre secerător m , înger al morții m
Russian: смерть (с косо́й) (ru) f ( smertʹ (s kosój) ) , ( colloquial ) костля́вая (ru) f ( kostljávaja ) , ( religion ) а́нгел сме́рти (ru) m ( ángel smérti ) , ( religion ) Азраи́л (ru) m ( Azraíl ) , старуха с косой f ( staruxa s kosoj ) ( poetic )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Смрт f
Roman: Smrt f
Silesian: śmjertka f
Spanish: parca (es) f , (la) muerte (es) f , Parca f , Muerte f , ángel del la muerte m
Swedish: lieman (sv) c , dödsängel c
Thai: ยมทูต ( yom-má-tûut )
Turkish: ölüm meleği
Vietnamese: tử thần (vi) (死神 ), thần chết
Walloon: Fåtcheuse (wa) f , Noere Mayane (wa) f , Laid Wåtî (wa) m
See also