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daks
English
Etymology 1
From DAKS, trademark for a brand of trousers originally made in the 1930s by Simpsons of Piccadilly; formed from the initials of Alexander Simpson and the first and last letters of the name of his business associate Dudley Beck.
Pronunciation
Alternative forms
- dacks
Noun
daks pl (plural only)
- (Australia, New Zealand, informal) Trousers or underwear.
- 2004, Bryce Courtenay, Brother Fish, 2008, unnumbered page,
- The usual stuff – sports jacket, a couple of pairs of daks, one brown and one grey, three pairs of socks, though I only had need for one sock in the meantime, two white shirts and a decent pair of shoes, though again, only one shoe being useful in my present predicament.
- 2008, Dave Sabben, The Scorpion Dance, Denny Neave, Soldiers' Tale: A Collection of True Stories from Aussie Soldiers, page 144,
- But the pain?s still there, so I begin to drop my daks to investigate the territory.
- 2004, Bryce Courtenay, Brother Fish, 2008, unnumbered page,
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
daks
- plural of dak
Anagrams
- DASK, S.Dak.
Bikol Central
Etymology
Shortened form of dakula (“big”)
Adjective
daks
- well hung; having a large penis; well-endowed
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German dahs, from Old High German dahs, from Proto-West Germanic *þahs, from Proto-Germanic *þahsuz (“badger”). Cognate with German Dachs, Dutch das.
Noun
daks m
- (Sette Comuni) badger
References
- “daks” 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
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
daks m (definite singular daksen, indefinite plural dakser, definite plural daksene)
- Alternative spelling of dachs
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
daks m (definite singular daksen, indefinite plural daksar, definite plural daksane)
- Alternative spelling of dachs
Tagalog
Etymology
Short for Cebuano dako.
Adjective
daks
- well hung; having a large penis; well-endowed
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dass
English
Etymology
Compare dare, darest, dast.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dæs/
Verb
dass (third-person singular simple present dasses, present participle dassing, simple past and past participle dassed)
- (archaic) To dare.
- 1933, Sammy Lerner, theme from Popeye the Sailor:
- "If anyone dasses to risk my fist, it's Boff! and it's Wham! Understand?"
- 1933, Sammy Lerner, theme from Popeye the Sailor:
See also
- dassn't
- dast
Anagrams
- ASDS, ASDs, DSAs, SADS, SADs, SDAs, sads
German
Alternative forms
- daß (older spelling)
- da?s (older antiqua spelling used instead of daß; older fraktur spelling in Heyse's spelling)
- dasz (obsolete)
- dat (nonstandard, colloquial, dialectal)
Etymology
From Old High German daz, from Proto-Germanic *þat. Compare Dutch dat, English that. Distinction from das is purely orthographical convention.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /das/
- Rhymes: -as
- Homophone: das
Conjunction
dass
- (subordinating) that
- (subordinating, chiefly colloquial) so that
- Synonym: (standard usage) damit
Usage notes
- The acceptability and use of dass and daß has varied over the centuries. Daß was more common until at least 1871. Dass was deprecated in 1902 following the Second Orthographic Conference. (In Württemberg, Saxony and Prussia, dass had been deprecated earlier in the 19th century.) Daß was more common from 1902 until it was deprecated and dass was revived by the 1996 Rechtschreibreform.
References
Further reading
- “dass” in Duden online
- “dass” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /das/, [d?s]
- Rhymes: -?s
Conjunction
dass
- Alternative form of datt
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From German das Haus or Häuschen ("The (little) house", euphemistically omitting the main word (out)house).
Noun
dass m (definite singular dassen, indefinite plural dasser, definite plural dassene)
dass n (definite singular dasset, indefinite plural dass or dasser, definite plural dassa or dassene)
- (colloquial) toilet, crapper
- (derogatory) a jerk
Synonyms
- (toilet): do, toalett
Derived terms
- utedass
References
- “dass” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From German das Haus or Häuschen ("The (little) house").
Noun
dass m (definite singular dassen, indefinite plural dassar, definite plural dassane)
dass n (definite singular dasset, indefinite plural dass, definite plural dassa)
- (colloquial) toilet
Synonyms
- (toilet): do, toalett
Derived terms
- utedass
References
- “dass” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology 1
Contraction of German das Haus (“the house”)
Noun
dass n
- (colloquial) a toilet, an outhouse; in particular used about toilets outdoors
Declension
Synonyms
- avträde
- hemlighus
- utedass
Derived terms
- dassig
Etymology 2
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Noun
dass c
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Declension
Related terms
- klippdass
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