No. 1,014 in Swedish

döds

"Döds" in English means "death's" or "of death."

In a sentence

Han var rädd för dödsfaran vid klättring.
He was afraid of the fatal danger during climbing.
The word 'döds' is used here as a prefix to 'faran' (danger) to mean 'fatal danger', indicating an extreme and potentially deadly risk.
Hon beskrev en stark dödsskänsla efter händelsen.
She described a strong sense of death after the event.
The word 'döds' works as a prefix to 'skänsla' (sense), creating the compound 'dödsskänsla', which conveys a feeling strongly related to the experience of death.
Dödsannonserna publicerades i dagens tidning.
The death notices were published in today's newspaper.
In this case, 'döds' modifies 'annonserna' (the notices), resulting in 'dödsannonserna', which specifies notices related to deceased individuals.

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