fall asleep

English

fall asleep (third-person singular simple present falls asleep, present participle falling asleep, simple past fell asleep, past participle fallen asleep)

To pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep.
(poetic, euphemistic) To die (often seen on gravestones)
John Doe, fell asleep 1 January 2001.

(pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep): drift off, drop off, go to sleep, nod off
(poetic, euphemistic: to die): pass, pass away, pass over

to pass into sleep

American Sign Language: 1@Sfhead-PalmDown A@Palm-PalmDown-A@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp
Chinese:
Mandarin: 睡著 (cmn), 睡着 (cmn) (shuìzháo)
Czech: usnout (cs)
Danish: falde i søvn (da)
Dutch: in slaap vallen (nl), inslapen (nl)
Faroese: sovna (fo)
Finnish: nukahtaa (fi)
French: s'endormir (fr)
German: einschlafen (de)
Greek: αποκοιμιέμαι (el) (apokimiéme)
Hungarian: elalszik (hu)
Icelandic: sofna (is)
Italian: addormentarsi (it)
Japanese: 寝る (ja) (ねる, neru), 寝静まる (ja) (ねしずまる, neshizumaru), 眠りに落ちる (ja) (ねむりにおちる, nemuri-ni ochiru), 寝入る (ja) (ねいる, neiru), 寝付く (ja) (ねつく, netsuku)

Kurdish:
Sorani: خه‌و لێکه‌وتن (ku) (xew lêkewtin)
Latin: addormio (la), addormisco (la)
Macedonian: заспива (mk) (záspiva)
Neapolitan: s'addorme
Old Portuguese: adormecer
Polish: zasypiać, zasnąć, usypiać, usnąć
Portuguese: adormecer (pt)
Quechua: siriy (qu)
Romanian: adormi (ro)
Russian: засыпать (ru) (zasypát') impf., заснуть (ru) (zasnút') impf., уснуть (ru) (usnút') impf.
Slovak: zaspať, usnúť
Slovene: zaspati (sl)
Spanish: dormirse (es)
Swedish: somna (sv), falla i sömn (sv)
Volapük: slipikön (vo)

euphemism for "to die"

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