des

des

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English

Etymology 1

Noun

des

  1. (medicine, colloquial) Desflurane.

Etymology 2

Noun

des

  1. plural of de

Anagrams

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

Bavarian

Etymology 1

Cognate with German German das.

Alternative forms

  • 's (unstressed form)

Pronoun

des

  1. this, that
  2. it (nominative and accusative)
    Synonym: es
Usage notes

The pronoun des is always definite, i.e. referring to a noun or statement. For impersonal usage, see es.

See also

Article

des n

  1. the
See also

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from German des.

Article

des

  1. (higher register or poetic, Tyrol, Lower Austria, Styria) singular masculine and neuter genitive case of the definite article: of the
    • 1854, Gedichte im Tiroler Dialecte. Von C. v. L., p. 21 (in the poem Der Sommer. Im Kitzbichler Dialecte):
    • 1870, Zither und Hackbret. Gedichte in obersteirischer Mundart von P. K. Rosegger. Mit einem Vorworte von Robert Hamerling, (Druck und Verlag von Josef Pock, Graz und Leipzig), p. 133:
    • 1885, Edelweiß. Gedichte in niederösterreichischer Mundart von J. G. Hauer. Mit einem Vorworte von P. K. Rosegger, (Druck und Verlag von Carl Gerold's Sohn, Wien), p. 133:

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin de ēx.

Preposition

des

  1. from
Derived terms
  • des de
  • des que

Etymology 2

Contraction

des

  1. Contraction of de and es.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

des (obsolete)

  1. inflection of dar:
    1. second-person singular present subjunctive
    2. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive

References

  • “des” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cimbrian

Pronoun

des

  1. nominative/accusative singular neuter of dèar
    Des ist 's khint dar main sbéstare. ― This is my sister's child.
    Des ist an guuts baip. ― This is a good woman.

Determiner

des

  1. nominative/accusative singular neuter of dèar
    Des ròss is net main. ― This horse is not mine.

See also

Further reading

  • “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): /dɛs/, (historic) /dəs/
  • Hyphenation: des

Article

des

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

Usage notes

  • Note that normally only the nominative de/het 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, /dəs/.

Declension


Synonyms

  • 's

Conjunction

des

  1. the ... the (used with te as an intensifier to indicate the degree of an action)
    Des te vaker de mensen Willem de rug toekeren des te beter! ― The more often people turn their back at Willem the better!

East Central German

Etymology

Cognate to German des.

Article

des

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

Esperanto

Etymology

From Swedish and German desto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [des]
  • Hyphenation: des

Particle

des

  1. the; used with ju and either pli (“more”) or malpli (“less”) to form the second half of a coordinated comparative.

Coordinate terms

  • ju

Fiji Hindi

Etymology

Hindi देश (deś).

Noun

des

  1. country

Finnish

Etymology

From German Des (German key notation).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdes/, [ˈde̞s̠]
  • Rhymes: -es
  • Hyphenation(key): 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

Derived terms

Franco-Provençal

Determiner

des

  1. plural of un

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de/, (before a vowel) /de.z‿/
  • IPA(key): /dɛ/, (before a vowel) /dɛ.z‿/

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”)

Usage notes

  • The plural indefinite article des is elided when it would follow the preposition de.

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 [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin dē + ex.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /des/

Preposition

des

  1. since
  2. from (a location)

Derived terms

  • des que
  • desde

Further reading

  • Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “des”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “des”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

German

Alternative forms

  • -'s

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dəs/ (generally)
  • IPA(key): /dɛs/ (when stressed, which is rare)

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

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /deːs/, [d̪eːs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /des/, [d̪ɛs]

Verb

dēs

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of dō

Lombard

Alternative forms

  • dex, dés (Western orthographies)
  • déss (Eastern orthographies)

Etymology

From Latin decem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /des/, [deːs]
  • IPA(key): /des/, [deːh], [deːʰ], [deː] (High Brescian and Bergamasque)
  • IPA(key): /des/, [deːʃ] (Ticinese and Valtellinese)

Numeral

des

  1. ten

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin densus.

Adjective

des

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

References

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 Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin dē ex.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /des̺/

Preposition

des

  1. since (from a time)
    • q̇ mui de coraçon ſenpre a amou des menỹnez
      who loved her very heartily since childhood

Descendants

  • Galician: des
  • Portuguese: dês

Forms combined with 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 dēnsus (“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 deasă, masculine plural deși, feminine and neuter plural dese)

  1. frequent, often
    Antonym: rar
  2. abundant, copious
  3. dense, thick

Declension

Derived terms

  • desiș

Related terms

  • îndesa

See also

  • dens

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdes/ [ˈd̪es]
  • Rhymes: -es
  • Syllabification: des

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin dē ex.

Preposition

des

  1. (rare) since
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “des”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

des f pl

  1. plural of de

Etymology 3

Verb

des

  1. inflection of dar:
    1. second-person singular present subjunctive
    2. second-person singular voseo present subjunctive

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): /deːs/

Verb

des

  1. first-person singular preterite colloquial of dod

Mutation

Zazaki

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *dáca (“ten”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ (“ten”).

Numeral

des

  1. ten

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