danser

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdɑnsər/

Etymology

root of dansen 'to dance' + -er

Noun

danser m (plural dansers, diminutive dansertje)

1. dancer, person who dances

Derived terms

• koorddanser m

Anagrams

• anders, Sander

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French

Etymology

From Middle French danser, from Old French dancer, dancier (“to dance”), of Germanic origin, from Old Frankish *dansjan, *dansōn (“to draw, pull, stretch (oneself), gesture”), a variant of Old Frankish *dinsan, *þinsan (“to move, pull”), from Proto-Germanic *þensaną (“to pull, draw”), from Proto-Indo-European *ten-s, *tenw(ə)- (“to pull”). 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  (þinsan, “to drag, draw, pull”), Old English þennan, þenian (“to stretch, stretch out, spread out, extend”). Related to thin

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /dɑ̃.se/, X-SAMPA: /dA~.se/

Verb

danser

1. (transitive, intransitive) to dance

Related terms

• danse
• danseur/danseuse

Conjugation

   Conjugation of danser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		danser			avoir dansé
gerund		en dansant			en ayant dansé
present participle		dansant
past participle		dansé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	danse	danses	danse	dansons	dansez	dansent
	imperfect	dansais	dansais	dansait	dansions	dansiez	dansaient
	past historic1	dansai	dansas	dansa	dansâmes	dansâtes	dansèrent
	future	danserai	danseras	dansera	danserons	danserez	danseront
	conditional	danserais	danserais	danserait	danserions	danseriez	danseraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	danse	danses	danse	dansions	dansiez	dansent
	imperfect1	dansasse	dansasses	dansât	dansassions	dansassiez	dansassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	danse	—	dansons	dansez	—
1literary tenses

Anagrams

• redans

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Old French dancer, of Germanic origins.

Verb

danser (gerund dans'sie)

1. to dance

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Swedish

Noun

danser

1. indefinite plural of dans