Death in katakana?

How would one write the English word "death" in katakana? Is it even possible? The Japanese don't really have an "eth" sound, as far I know. The closest I can think of would be desu デス (which doesn't work for obvious reasons) or maybe detsu デツ. Just a random idea/question.

 

I'm pretty sure it's デス!

 

ス is what I've always seen used for /th/.

 

Yes, it's デス. I know the obvious reason you're referring to is です, the "to be" verb, but written in Katakana it would mean death. Unless it ends a sentence, then it's obvious what it means

 

You play street fighter?

Win a match with Akuma/Gouki and you'll know :nod:

 

デス is commonly used to express the English word "death" in kana. Examples are Death Smiles　(デススマイルズ), Death Crimson　(デスクリムソン) or Death Throttle (デススロットル). Usually all the th-sounds are turned into either s's or z's. For instance, "the" always becomes "za" (ザ).

Almost like that shitty German accent hahaha

"plees giff me summ of zis beer ohver zere."

 

de-tsu

 

Another example:


(desu)

 

Cool. Know I know. And Knowledge is Power! Or something.

 

For sure. You now know that DESU means both BE and DEATH. That's advances you a great deal................................................おめでとうございます.

 

ありがお

 

"We will not discuss ze affairs of ze clinic."
"Is anything ze matter, Sir Hilary?"

Frau Bunt FTW:lol:

 

I was surprised that native speakers actually tend to like the German accent while I find it so awful myself hahah. But I'm improving, it's not as bad as it was 3 weeks ago.