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This article explores how consciously dying persons experience emotions that are not part of the cultural models of dying that they have internalized. With the intention of proposing a terminological repertoire that is capable of addressing the general plurality and particularity of dying experiences around the globe, I start by introducing two terms to address and compare different concepts of dying in intercultural contexts: pre-exitality and post-exitality. Pre-exital dying contains the possibility of shaping and experiencing one’s own dying process as a still-living person. This includes being confronted with some emotions that are not as easily addressable as others because they are not part of the context-specific implicit and explicit cultural models of dying. A participant observation with dying persons conducted between 2013-2016 revealed that terminally ill people may hide these “uncanny” feelings in order to reduce irritation for close ones and themselves; yet, even if they are veiled, these emotions do exist. Exploring how dying people in Germany concretely deal with the “uncanny” feeling dimensions of a) fun and humour and b) envy and jealousy directed against non-dying persons will provide a better understanding of how emotional experiences and emotional management during dying can take place.