dead – English noun declension

English noun forms of dead

Noun: dead
Singulardead
Pluraldeads

Sample Sentences

  • Near-synonym: nadir
  • the dead of night
  • the dead of winter

Etymology

From Middle English ded, deed, from Old English dēad, from Proto-West Germanic *daud, from Proto-Germanic *daudaz. Compare West Frisian dead, dea, Dutch dood, German tot, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål død, Norwegian Nynorsk daud, Swedish död. See: Dutch Nouns 'dood', Swedish Nouns 'död'.

Verbs referencing "dead"

English Nouns deadcake, Dutch Nouns doodslag.