−·· · ·− − ····
"Death" in Morse code is −·· · ·− − ····.
Leave a short gap between letters. In writing, the letters are separated by a space. At standard timing a dot lasts one unit, a dash three units, the gap inside a letter one unit, the gap between letters three units and the gap between words seven. "Death" takes 35 units, about 2.1 seconds at a speed of 20 words per minute.
Meaning: Morse code for "Death" (phrase)
What does it mean word for word?
Letter by letter: D is −··, E is ·, A is ·−, T is − and H is ····.
How do you pronounce it?
dah-di-dit dit di-dah dah di-di-di-dit
What mistakes should you avoid?
Keep the gaps between letters. Without them, D −·· can be read as T and I − ··, which changes the message.
Did you know?
- In 1966 the American prisoner of war Jeremiah Denton blinked T-O-R-T-U-R-E in Morse code with his eyes during a filmed interview.
- The first long-distance telegraph message in the United States, sent from Washington to Baltimore on 24 May 1844, read "What hath God wrought".
