kadaver

See also: Kadaver

Danish

Etymology

From Latin cadaver, from cadō (“to fall; to die”).

Noun

kadaver n (singular definite kadaveret, plural indefinite kadavere)

1. corpse

Synonyms

• lig

References

• “kadaver” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Alternative forms

• cadaver (obsolete)

Etymology

From French cadavre, from Latin cadāver.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkaːˈdaː.vər/

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• Hyphenation: ka‧da‧ver
• Rhymes: -aːvər

Noun

kadaver n (plural kadavers, diminutive kadavertje n)

1. animal corpse

   Synonyms: karkas, kreng

2. (in general) corpse, cadaver

   Synonyms: lijk, stoffelijk overschot

Hypernyms

(animal corpse):

• lijk
• stoffelijk overschot

Derived terms

• kadaverdiscipline
• kadavereus

Descendants

• → Indonesian: kadaver

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch kadaver (cadaver), from French cadavre, from Latin cadāver.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.da.vər/
• Hyphenation: ka‧da‧vêr

Noun

kadaver

1. (medicine, law) corpse

Further reading

• “kadaver”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin cadaver.

Noun

kadaver n (definite singular kadaveret, indefinite plural kadaver or kadavre, definite plural kadavra or kadavrene)

1. a carcase (body of a dead animal)

Related terms

• åtsel

References

• “kadaver” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin cadaver.

Noun

kadaver n (definite singular kadaveret, indefinite plural kadaver, definite plural kadavera)

1. a carcase (body of a dead animal)

Related terms

• åtsel

References

• “kadaver” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kadaver, from Latin cadaver.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kadǎːʋer/
• Hyphenation: ka‧da‧ver

Noun

kadáver m anim (Cyrillic spelling када́вер)

1. cadaver

Declension

Declension of kadaver

	singular	plural
nominative	kadaver	kadaveri
genitive	kadavera	kadavera
dative	kadaveru	kadaverima
accusative	kadavera	kadavere
vocative	kadaveru	kadaveri
locative	kadaveru	kadaverima
instrumental	kadaverom	kadaverima

References

• “kadaver”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Swedish

Noun

kadaver n

1. a carcass (body of a (larger) dead animal, especially one that hasn't been slaughtered or killed by humans for meat, etc.)

   Synonym: as

   Gamarna kretsade över kadavret

   The vultures circled above the carcass

Usage notes

English cadaver is partly a false friend. Likely deliberately macabre if used of a human corpse.

Declension

Declension of kadaver

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kadaver	kadavers
	definite	kadavret	kadavrets
plural	indefinite	kadaver	kadavers
	definite	kadavren	kadavrens

See also

• as
• lik

References

• “kadaver”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “kadaver”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “kadaver”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)