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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
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
dass c
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Declension
Related terms
- klippdass
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dafs
English
Noun
dafs
- plural of daf
Anagrams
- ADFs, ASDF, DFAS, DFAs, FASD, SADF, fads
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