different between dass vs dess

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

Noun

dess (plural desses)

1. Obsolete form of dais.

Anagrams

• ESDs, SDEs, SEDs, SSED, seds

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse þess, genitive of þat

Adverb

dess

1. the, when used with two comparatives.

Derived terms

• dessuten

References

• “dess” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “dess_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?s?/ (example of pronunciation)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þess, masculine or neuter genitive singular of þat n.

Adverb

dess

1. the (With a comparative or more and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.)

Synonyms

• di
• jo

Determiner

dess

1. (rare, literary); possessive form of det.

Pronoun

dess

1. (rare, literary); possessive form of det.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• Dess (alternative capitalization)

Noun

dess m (definite singular dessen, indefinite plural dessar, definite plural dessane)

2. (music) D-flat

Derived terms

• dess-dur m

References

• “dess” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dexswos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?es/

Adjective

dess

1. right (side, as opposed to left)
   • c. 845, St. Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 17^b2

2. south

Inflection

Descendants

• Irish: deas
• Scottish Gaelic: deas

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “dess”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Swedish

Pronoun

dess

1. (possessive) its (3rd person singular inanimate common and neuter genitive)
2. At a specific given timen

Declension

Noun

dess ?

1. (music) D-flat

Anagrams

• seds