different between dass vs dais

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)

1. (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?"

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

1. (subordinating) that

2. (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

1. 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)

1. (colloquial) toilet, crapper
2. (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)

1. (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

1. (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

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Declension

Related terms

• klippdass

English

Alternative forms

• daïs (dated)
• deas (obsolete, Scotland)
• deis (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English deis, from Anglo-Norman deis, from Old French deis, dois (modern French dais), from Latin discum, accusative singular of discus (“discus, disc, quoit; dish”) (Late Latin discum (“table”)), from Ancient Greek ?????? (dískos, “discus, disc; tray”), from ?????? (dikeîn, “to cast, to throw; to strike”). Cognate with Italian desco, Occitan des. Doublet of desk, disc, discus, dish, and disk.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?de?.?s/, /?de?.?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?de?.?s/, /?da?-/, /-?s/

Noun

dais (plural daises)

1. A raised platform in a room for a high table, a seat of honour, a throne, or other dignified occupancy; a similar platform supporting a lectern, pulpit, etc., which may be used to speak from. [from c. 1800.]
2. (historical, northern Britain) A bench, a settle, a pew.
3. (obsolete) An elevated table in a hall at which important people were seated; a high table. [13th–17th c.]
4. The canopy over an altar, etc.

Synonyms

• (raised platform): podium

Translations

See also

• predella

Further reading

• dais on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• AIDS, Aids, IADS, IADs, Said, Saïd, aids, sadi, said, sida

Champenois

Noun

dais

1. (Auve) finger

References

• Tarbé, Prosper (1851) Recherches sur l'histoire du langage et des patois de Champagne?^[1] (in French), volume 1, Reims, page 109

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin d?(n)sus. Compare Italian denso, Romanian des.

Adjective

dais m (feminine daisa)

1. dense
2. thick

French

Etymology

From Old French deis, dois, inherited from Latin discus. Doublet of disque, which was borrowed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?/

Noun

dais m (plural dais)

1. dais

Further reading

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

Middle English

Noun

dais

1. Alternative form of deis (“dais”)

Portuguese

Verb

dais

1. second-person plural (vós) present indicative of dar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dais/, [?d?ai?s]

Verb

dais

1. Informal second-person plural (vosotros, vosotras) present indicative form of dar.

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *qrep (“bear”). Cognate with Iu Mien jiepv.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dai??/

Noun

dais

1. bear (mammal).

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary?^[2], SEAP Publications, ?ISBN.