Swedish adjective· top 5,000 most common

dödlig

fatal, mortal

Meaning

fatal; mortal

In Swedish: som leder till döden

Forms

Forms of dödlig
Basic form	dödlig	with en-words
Neuter	dödligt	with ett-words
Plural and definite	dödliga	plural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparative	dödligare	“-er”, “more …”
Superlative	dödligast	“-est”, “most …”

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What does dödlig mean?

dödlig in a sentence

på dödligt allvar
in all seriousness
en olycka med dödlig utgång
an accident that proved fatal
ett dödligt hot
a deadly threat
vanliga dödliga människor
ordinary mortal
att vara dödlig
to be mortal

Questions

What does dödlig mean in English?

dödlig means “fatal, mortal”.

Similar words

letal

Origin

From Old Swedish dø̄þeliker or död + -lig.

Nearby common words

dödlig is number 2,337 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,333korridor corridor
2,334verkligt really
2,335godkänna authorize, accept
2,336material material
2,338kliva stride, climb
2,339paket parcel
2,340forskning research
2,341parti part, party

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary