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English

Noun

des

1. (medicine, colloquial) Desflurane.

Anagrams

• DSE, EDS, EDs, ESD, Esd., SDE, SED, eds, eds., sed

Catalan

Etymology 1

Contraction of de es

Contraction

des

1. Contraction of de and es.

Derived terms

• des de

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

des (obsolete)

1. first-person singular imperfect subjunctive form of dar
2. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive form of dar

Cimbrian

Pronoun

des (Sette Comuni)

1. nominative/accusative singular neuter of dèar

See also

Determiner

des

1. (Sette Comuni) this, that

References

• “des” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Danish

Conjunction

des

1. the

Synonyms

• jo, desto

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?s/, (historic) /d?s/
• Hyphenation: des

Article

des

1. (archaic) genitive singular masculine/neuter of de (“the”)

Usage notes

• Note that normally only the nominative is used. The other forms are archaic, but survive in numerous idiomatic expressions such as des huizes, des morgens (itself archaic and shortened, like similar expressions, to 's morgens in contemporary Dutch).
• The current pronunciation is a spelling pronunciation. Before the word became archaic, it was pronounced with a schwa, /d?s/.

Inflection

Synonyms

• 's

Conjunction

des

1. the ... the (used as an intensifier to indicate the degree of an action)

East Central German

Etymology

Cognate to German des.

Article

des

1. (Silesian, Gebirgsschlesisch, Breslauisch, genitive) of the

Esperanto

Etymology

From German desto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /des/
• Hyphenation: des
• Audio:

Particle

des

1. the; used with ju and either pli (“more”) or malpli (“less”) to form the second half of a coordinated comparative.
   • 1903, Ben Elmy, “La Lingvo de la floroj”, in The Esperantist: The Esperanto Gazette for the Spreading of the International Language, page 138,

See also

• ju

Fiji Hindi

Etymology

Hindi ??? (de?).

Noun

des

1. country

Finnish

Etymology

From German Des (German key notation).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?des/, [?de?s?]
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: des

Noun

des

1. (music) D-flat

Usage notes

Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys.

Declension

French

Etymology

The use as an article is a special case of the contraction.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de/

Article

des m pl or f pl

1. plural of un; some; the plural indefinite article.
2. plural of une; some; the plural indefinite article.
3. plural of du; some; the plural partitive article.
4. plural of de la; some; the plural partitive article.
5. plural of de l'; some; the plural partitive article.

Derived terms

• et des

Contraction

des

1. Contraction of de + les (of the, from the, some).

Further reading

• “des” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Etymology

From Latin d? + ex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /des/

Preposition

des

1. since
2. from (a location)

Derived terms

• des que
• desde

References

• “des” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “des” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?s/ (generally)
• IPA^(key): /d?s/ (when stressed, which is rare)

Alternative forms

• -'s

Article

des

1. genitive masculine/neuter singular of der: the

Declension

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese dez. Cognate with Kabuverdianu dés.

Numeral

des

1. ten (10)

Latin

Verb

d?s

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of d?

Middle Dutch

Article

des

1. masculine/neuter genitive singular of die

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

des

1. Alternative form of deis (“dais”)

Etymology 2

Noun

des

1. plural of de (“die”)

Noun

des

1. Alternative form of dees (“die”)

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin d? (“of”) + ex (“out of”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /des?/

Preposition

des

1. since (from a time)

   • q? mui de coraçon ?enpre a amou des men?nez

     who loved her very heartily since childhood

Descendants

• Galician: des

From des + de:

• Fala: desde
• Galician: desde
• Portuguese: desde

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin decem, from Proto-Italic *dekem. Cognates include Italian diece and French dix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /des/

Numeral

des

1. ten

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin d?nsus (“dense; frequent”), from Proto-Indo-European *dens- (“thick, dense”). Doublet of dens, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /des/

Adjective

des m or n (feminine singular deas?, masculine plural de?i, feminine and neuter plural dese)

1. frequent, often
2. abundant, copious
3. dense, thick

Declension

Antonyms

• (frequent): rar

Derived terms

• desi?

Related terms

• îndesa

See also

• dens

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?des/, [?d?es]

Etymology 1

Noun

des

1. plural of de

Etymology 2

Verb

des

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of dar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of dar.

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English desk.

Noun

des

1. desk

Welsh

Alternative forms

• deles (colloquial)
• deses (colloquial)
• dethes (colloquial)
• deuthum (literary)
• dois (colloquial)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de?s/

Verb

des

1. (colloquial) first-person singular preterite of dod

Mutation

Zazaki

Numeral

des ?

1. ten

English

Etymology 1

Noun

das

1. plural of da (“father”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dæs/

Contraction

das

1. (African-American Vernacular) That is; that's

Anagrams

• ADS, ADs, ASD, AdS, Ads, DSA, SAD, SDA, ads, sad

Afrikaans

Etymology 1

From Dutch das, from Middle Dutch das, from Old Dutch *thas, from Proto-Germanic *þahsuz.

Noun

das (plural dasse, diminutive dassie)

1. badger

   Synonym: ratel

2. hyrax

   Synonym: dassie

Etymology 2

From Dutch das.

Noun

das (plural dasse, diminutive dassie)

1. (clothing) tie, necktie

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• dasu, dhas, dhasu

Etymology

From Greek ????? (dásos).

Noun

das n

1. forest, woods

   Synonyms: pãduri, codru, curii, dubrac

Atong (India)

Alternative forms

• dys

Etymology

From Hindi ?? (das).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /das/

Numeral

das (Bengali script ???)

1. ten

Synonyms

• chyigyk
• ten

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. Stated in Appendix 3.

Balkan Romani

Noun

das m

1. (Bugurdži, Sofia Erli) gadjo (non-Romani person)

   Synonym: gadžo

2. (Bugurdži) Serbian
3. (Bugurdži, Macedonian Arli) Christian

   Synonym: gadžo

4. (Sofia Erli) Bulgarian
5. (Sofia Erli) slave (male)

Derived terms

Carpathian Romani

Noun

das f

1. (Veršend) Croat

Derived terms

Cornish

Noun

das

1. Soft mutation of tas.

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from German das, a euphemistic contraction of das Haus (“the house”) or das Häuschen (“the little house”).

Noun

das n (singular definite dasset, plural indefinite dasser)

1. (colloquial) privy, outhouse

Declension

References

• “das” in Den Danske Ordbog

Domari

Etymology

From Sanskrit ?? (da?a).

Numeral

das (attribute ?ašr)

1. (cardinal) ten

   Synonym: ?ašraki

References

• Matras, Yaron (2012) A Grammar of Domari (Mouton Grammar Library)?^[1], Walter de Gruyter, ?ISBN

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?s/
• Hyphenation: das
• Rhymes: -?s
• Homophone: da's

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch das, from Old Dutch *thas, from Proto-Germanic *þahsuz.

Noun

das m (plural dassen, diminutive dasje n)

1. (mustelids) A badger, various species of genera Meles and Taxidea.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: das, dassie
  • ? English: dassie
• ? West Frisian: das

Etymology 2

Uncertain, possibly from Italian dossi (“fur collar”).

Noun

das f (plural dassen, diminutive dasje n)

1. necktie
2. scarf

Derived terms

References

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

Fala

Etymology

From Old Portuguese das.

Preposition

das f pl (singular da, masculine do, masculine plural dos)

1. contraction of de (“of”) + as (“the”)

Fiji Hindi

Numeral

das

1. ten

References

• Fiji Hindi Dictionary
• Siegel, Jeff (1977) Say it in Fiji Hindi, Australia: Pacific Publications, ?ISBN, page 28

French

Alternative forms

• dasse

Etymology

Verlan of SIDA

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /das/

Noun

das m (uncountable)

1. (slang) AIDS

Galician

Etymology

From contraction of de (“of, from”) +? as (“the”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??s?/

Contraction

das f pl (masculine do, feminine da, masculine plural dos)

1. of the; from the

German

Alternative forms

• -'s (as in an's, in's)
• -s (as in ans, ins)
• 's, es (for the article; informal or poetic)
• dat (colloquial in western and parts of northern Germany)
• det (Berlinian)
• dit (colloquial in eastern Germany, especially the federal state of Brandenburg, around Berlin)

Etymology

From Old High German daz, from Proto-Germanic *þat. Compare Silesian German doas, Dutch dat, English that.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /das/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /da?s/ (some speakers in south-western Germany; when stressed)
• Rhymes: -as
• Homophone: dass

Article

das n (definite)

1. nominative/accusative neuter singular of der: the

Declension

Pronoun

das

1. nominative/accusative neuter singular of der
   1. (relative) who, that, which

   2. (demonstrative) this, that, it

   3. (regional, Northern Germany) it (subject of an impersonal verb)

Declension

Conjunction

das

1. Obsolete spelling of dass

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

• tas (Wiesemann spelling system)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tas/

Article

das (definite)

1. nominative/accusative singular neuter of där

Declension

References

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Latin

Verb

d?s

1. second-person singular present active indicative of d?

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *thas, from Proto-West Germanic *þahs, from Proto-Germanic *þahsuz.

Noun

das m

1. (mustelids) badger, European badger

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: das
  • Afrikaans: das, dassie
    • ? English: dassie
  • ? West Frisian: das
• Limburgish: dasj

Further reading

• “das”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “das”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN

Navajo

Etymology

From the root -DÁÁZ (“to be heavy”).

Noun

das

1. weight

Northern Sami

Determiner

das

1. locative singular of dat

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• d'as (dated)

Etymology

Contraction of de (“of”) +? as (“the”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /d??/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /das/
  • (Carioca) IPA^(key): /da?/
• Hyphenation: das

Contraction

das f pl

2. Contraction of de as (“pertaining or relating to the”).; of the; from the (feminine plural)

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:do.

See also

• da (singular form)
• dos (masculine form)
• do (singular masculine form)

Spanish

Verb

das

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of dar.

Tok Pisin

Etymology

English dust

Noun

das

1. dirt; dust

Vlax Romani

Noun

das m

1. (Gurbet, Macedonian Džambazi) Christian
2. (Gurbet, Kalderaš, Macedonian Džambazi) gadjo (non-Romani person)
3. (Gurbet, Kalderaš, Macedonian Džambazi) Serb
4. (Gurbet, Macedonian Džambazi) Croat
5. (Gurbet, Macedonian Džambazi) Christian gadjo
6. (Sremski Gurbet) Serbian

Derived terms

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from German dass.

Conjunction

das

1. (connecting noun clause) that

West Frisian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch das, from Middle Dutch das, from Old Dutch *thas, Proto-West Germanic *þahs, from Proto-Germanic *þahsuz.

Noun

das c (plural dassen, diminutive daske)

1. (mustelids) badger

   Synonym: taks

Further reading

• “das (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

das c (plural dassen, diminutive daske)

1. (clothing) (rare) scarf, shawl

Further reading

• “das (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Westrobothnian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da?s/, /dæ?s/

  Rhymes: -á?s, -??s

Noun

das f (definite singular dasa, plural daser, definite plural dasen)

1. Alternative form of d?s (“sheep”)