# deadline
## English
### Etymology

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, early usage refers simply to lines that do not move, such as one used in angling. Slightly later American usage refers to a boundary in a prison which prisoners must not cross. There is only indirect evidence that the sense of "due date" may be connected with this use of the term in prison camps during the American Civil War, when it referred to a physical line or boundary beyond which prisoners were shot. In fact, the term is no longer found in print by the end of the 19th century, but it soon resurfaces in writing in 1917 as a printing term for a guideline on the bed of a printing press beyond which text will not print. Three years later, the term is found in print in the sense of "time limit" in the closely connected publishing industry, indicating the time after which material would not make it into a newspaper or periodical.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɛdˌlaɪn/
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛdlaɪn

### Noun

deadline (plural deadlines)
* A time limit in the form of a date on or before which something must be completed.
    Synonym: closing date
    I must make this deadline or my boss will kill me!
** 2019 October, Rhodri Clark, “TfW seeks PRM derogation for Class 37 sets”, in Modern Railways, page 87:TfW's [Transport for Wales] plans to meet the PRM [Persons with Reduced Mobility] deadline and withdraw all Pacers by 1 January have been made more difficult by delays to introduction of Class 769 and 230 units.
* (archaic) A guideline marked on a plate for a printing press.
* (archaic) A line that does not move. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
* (archaic) A boundary around a prison, prisoners crossing which would be shot.

#### Derived terms

* deadline fighter
* deadliner
* postdeadline
* subdeadline

#### Descendants

* → Dutch: deadline
* → Finnish: deadline
* → Italian: deadline
* → Polish: deadline

#### Translations
### Verb

deadline (third-person singular simple present deadlines, present participle deadlining, simple past and past participle deadlined)
* (military) To render an item non-mission-capable; to ground an aircraft, etc.

### References

* ↑ “Andersonville Prison”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, 2017 April 23 (last accessed), archived from the original on 7 March 2017
* ↑ “The Mavens' Word of the Day”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, 2013 October 16 (last accessed), archived from the original on 16 October 2013

### Further reading

* “The Bloody History of 'Deadline'”

### Anagrams

* denailed

## Dutch
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English deadline.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɛt.lɑi̯n/, /ˈdɛd.lɑi̯n/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: dead‧line

### Noun

deadline m (plural deadlines, diminutive deadlinetje n)
* deadline
    Synonym: termijn

## Finnish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English deadline.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdedlɑi̯n/, [ˈde̞dlɑ̝i̯n]
* Rhymes: -edlɑin

### Noun

deadline (colloquial)
* deadline

#### Declension

The declension of this word is problematic. Joukahainen recommends the nalle-type declension, presumably based on the (English) spelling of the nominative of the word:
Possessive forms of deadline (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
deadlineni
deadlineni
accusative
nom.
deadlineni
deadlineni
gen.
deadlineni
genitive
deadlineni
deadlinejeni deadlineini $^{rare}$
partitive
deadlineani
deadlinejani
inessive
deadlinessani
deadlineissani
elative
deadlinestani
deadlineistani
illative
deadlineeni
deadlineihini
adessive
deadlinellani
deadlineillani
ablative
deadlineltani
deadlineiltani
allative
deadlinelleni
deadlineilleni
essive
deadlinenani
deadlineinani
translative
deadlinekseni
deadlineikseni
abessive
deadlinettani
deadlineittani
instructive
comitative
—deadlineineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
deadlinesi
deadlinesi
accusative
nom.
deadlinesi
deadlinesi
gen.
deadlinesi
genitive
deadlinesi
deadlinejesi deadlineisi $^{rare}$
partitive
deadlineasi
deadlinejasi
inessive
deadlinessasi
deadlineissasi
elative
deadlinestasi
deadlineistasi
illative
deadlineesi
deadlineihisi
adessive
deadlinellasi
deadlineillasi
ablative
deadlineltasi
deadlineiltasi
allative
deadlinellesi
deadlineillesi
essive
deadlinenasi
deadlineinasi
translative
deadlineksesi
deadlineiksesi
abessive
deadlinettasi
deadlineittasi
instructive
comitative
—deadlineinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
deadlinemme
deadlinemme
accusative
nom.
deadlinemme
deadlinemme
gen.
deadlinemme
genitive
deadlinemme
deadlinejemme deadlineimme $^{rare}$
partitive
deadlineamme
deadlinejamme
inessive
deadlinessamme
deadlineissamme
elative
deadlinestamme
deadlineistamme
illative
deadlineemme
deadlineihimme
adessive
deadlinellamme
deadlineillamme
ablative
deadlineltamme
deadlineiltamme
allative
deadlinellemme
deadlineillemme
essive
deadlinenamme
deadlineinamme
translative
deadlineksemme
deadlineiksemme
abessive
deadlinettamme
deadlineittamme
instructive
comitative
—deadlineinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
deadlinenne
deadlinenne
accusative
nom.
deadlinenne
deadlinenne
gen.
deadlinenne
genitive
deadlinenne
deadlinejenne deadlineinne $^{rare}$
partitive
deadlineanne
deadlinejanne
inessive
deadlinessanne
deadlineissanne
elative
deadlinestanne
deadlineistanne
illative
deadlineenne
deadlineihinne
adessive
deadlinellanne
deadlineillanne
ablative
deadlineltanne
deadlineiltanne
allative
deadlinellenne
deadlineillenne
essive
deadlinenanne
deadlineinanne
translative
deadlineksenne
deadlineiksenne
abessive
deadlinettanne
deadlineittanne
instructive
comitative
—deadlineinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
deadlinensa
deadlinensa
accusative
nom.
deadlinensa
deadlinensa
gen.
deadlinensa
genitive
deadlinensa
deadlinejensa deadlineinsa $^{rare}$
partitive
deadlineaan deadlineansa
deadlinejaan deadlinejansa
inessive
deadlinessaan deadlinessansa
deadlineissaan deadlineissansa
elative
deadlinestaan deadlinestansa
deadlineistaan deadlineistansa
illative
deadlineensa
deadlineihinsa
adessive
deadlinellaan deadlinellansa
deadlineillaan deadlineillansa
ablative
deadlineltaan deadlineltansa
deadlineiltaan deadlineiltansa
allative
deadlinelleen deadlinellensa
deadlineilleen deadlineillensa
essive
deadlinenaan deadlinenansa
deadlineinaan deadlineinansa
translative
deadlinekseen deadlineksensa
deadlineikseen deadlineiksensa
abessive
deadlinettaan deadlinettansa
deadlineittaan deadlineittansa
instructive
comitative
—deadlineineen deadlineinensa :
On the other hand, the nalle-type declension does not fit the pronunciation, which in fact follows the risti-type declension (except in the nominative: /dedlain/), in other words, /dedlainin/, /dedlainia/, etc. in the genitive, partitive, etc. It's probably advisable to avoid using this word in writing and to use Finnish synonyms instead.

#### Synonyms

* kalmanviiva (colloquial)
* kuolemanlinja (colloquial)
* kuolonlinja (colloquial)
* määräaika
* takaraja

#### Derived terms

* dedis

### Further reading

* “deadline”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English deadline.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɛ.dlajn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛdlajn
* Syllabification: dead‧line

### Noun

deadline m inan
* (informal) deadline (date on or before which something must be completed)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* deadline in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* deadline in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* deadline at Obserwatorium językowe Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego

## Swedish
### Noun

deadline c
* a deadline

#### See also

* frist
* tidsfrist

### References

* deadline in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* deadline in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)