dö

See also: doe, Doe, DOE, do'e, and Appendix:Variations of "do"

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish dø̄ia, from Old Norse deyja (“to die”) (compare English die), from Proto-Germanic *dawjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew-. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål dø, Danish dø, Icelandic deyja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /døː/

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• Rhymes: -øː

Verb

dö (present dör, preterite dog, supine dött, imperative dö)

1. to die

Conjugation

Conjugation of dö (class 6 strong)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	dö		—
Supine	dött		—
Imperative	dö		—
Imper. plural1	dön		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	dör	dog	—	—
Ind. plural1	dö	dogo	—	—
Subjunctive2	dö	doge	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	döende
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

• avlida
• falla (“fall (in battle)”)
• förgås (“perish”)
• förolyckas (“die in an accident”)
• ge upp andan (“give up the ghost”)
• gå bort (“pass away”)
• gå till de sälla jaktmarkerna (“go to the happy hunting ground”)
• gå ur tiden
• gå åt
• kila runt hörnet (“scurry around the corner”)
• kola
• omkomma (“die in an accident or disaster”)
• somna in
• stryka med
• stupa (“fall (in battle)”)
• ta ner skylten (“take down the sign”)
• trilla av pinn (“fall off the perch”)

Antonyms

• leva
• födas

Related terms

• död
• döda
• dö ut
• utdö

Further reading

• dö in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• öd

Volapük

Preposition

dö

1. about