danser

See also: Danser

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch danser, from Middle Dutch danser. Equivalent to dans +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

danser (plural dansers)

1. dancer

Danish

Alternative forms

• dandser (obsolete)

Noun

danser c (singular definite danseren, plural indefinite dansere)

1. a dancer

Declension

Declension of danser

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	danser	danseren	dansere	danserne
genitive	dansers	danserens	danseres	dansernes

Related terms

• danserinde
• danserske

Verb

danser

1. present of danse

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch danser. Equivalent to dansen +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑnsər/

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• Hyphenation: dan‧ser

Noun

danser m (plural dansers, diminutive dansertje n, feminine danseres)

1. dancer, person who dances

Derived terms

• koorddanser

Descendants

• Afrikaans: danser

Anagrams

• anders, Sander

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French danser, from Old French dancer, dancier (“to dance”), perhaps of Germanic origin, from Frankish *þansōn (“to draw, pull, stretch (oneself), gesture”), a variant of *dinsan. Displaced Old French baller, from Latin ballare (“to dance”). Cognate with Old High German dansōn (“to draw, pull”), Old Dutch þinsan (“to move, tear”), Old High German dinsan (“to draw out”), Gothic 𐌸𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌽 (þinsan, “to drag, draw, pull”), Old English þennan, þenian (“to stretch, stretch out, spread out, extend”), German dehnen (“to stretch, extend”). Related to thin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑ̃.se/

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Verb

danser

1. (transitive, intransitive) to dance

Conjugation

Conjugation of danser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	danser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	dansant /dɑ̃.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		dansé /dɑ̃.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	danse /dɑ̃s/	danses /dɑ̃s/	danse /dɑ̃s/	dansons /dɑ̃.sɔ̃/	dansez /dɑ̃.se/	dansent /dɑ̃s/
	imperfect	dansais /dɑ̃.sɛ/	dansais /dɑ̃.sɛ/	dansait /dɑ̃.sɛ/	dansions /dɑ̃.sjɔ̃/	dansiez /dɑ̃.sje/	dansaient /dɑ̃.sɛ/
	past historic2	dansai /dɑ̃.se/	dansas /dɑ̃.sa/	dansa /dɑ̃.sa/	dansâmes /dɑ̃.sam/	dansâtes /dɑ̃.sat/	dansèrent /dɑ̃.sɛʁ/
	future	danserai /dɑ̃.sʁe/	danseras /dɑ̃.sʁa/	dansera /dɑ̃.sʁa/	danserons /dɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/	danserez /dɑ̃.sʁe/	danseront /dɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	danserais /dɑ̃.sʁɛ/	danserais /dɑ̃.sʁɛ/	danserait /dɑ̃.sʁɛ/	danserions /dɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	danseriez /dɑ̃.sə.ʁje/	danseraient /dɑ̃.sʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	danse /dɑ̃s/	danses /dɑ̃s/	danse /dɑ̃s/	dansions /dɑ̃.sjɔ̃/	dansiez /dɑ̃.sje/	dansent /dɑ̃s/
	imperfect2	dansasse /dɑ̃.sas/	dansasses /dɑ̃.sas/	dansât /dɑ̃.sa/	dansassions /dɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/	dansassiez /dɑ̃.sa.sje/	dansassent /dɑ̃.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	danse /dɑ̃s/	—	dansons /dɑ̃.sɔ̃/	dansez /dɑ̃.se/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• absent le chat, les souris dansent
• quand le chat n’est pas là, les souris dansent
• le chat parti, les souris dansent
• ne pas savoir sur quel pied danser

Related terms

• danse
• danseur, danseuse

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: dans
• → Romanian: dansa

Further reading

• “danser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• redans

Norman

Etymology

From Old French dancier (“to dance”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

danser (gerund dans'sie)

1. (Jersey) to dance

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Noun

danser m (definite singular danseren, indefinite plural dansere, definite plural danserne)

1. a dancer

Derived terms

• ballettdanser
• danserinne
• danserske
• hallingdanser
• linedanser
• magedanser
• solodanser
• steppedanser

Etymology 2

Noun

danser m

1. indefinite plural of dans

Etymology 3

Verb

danser

1. present of danse

References

• “danser” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

danser

1. indefinite plural of dans

Anagrams

• Anders, radens, redans