taks

See also: Taks and täks

English

Verb

taks

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tak

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taks/, [ˈtˢɑɡ̊s]

Etymology 1

From Latin taxus.

Noun

taks c (singular definite taksen, plural indefinite taks)

1. yew (a busk or a tree, Taxus baccata)

Declension

Declension of taks

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	taks	taksen	taks	taksene
genitive	taks'	taksens	taks'	taksenes

References

• “taks” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “Taks,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 2

From Old Norse *þǫx, from Proto-Germanic *þahsuz, cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk svintoks, Swedish tax (“dachshund”), German Dachs, Dutch das. The Danish word may be a younger loan from German Low German Tacks (perhaps itself borrowed from Frisian, cf. Saterland Frisian Taks).

Noun

taks c (singular definite taksen, plural indefinite takse)

1. (obsolete) badger

   Synonym: grævling

2. (obsolete) dachshund

   Synonym: gravhund

Declension

Declension of taks

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	taks	taksen	takse	taksene
genitive	taks'	taksens	takses	taksenes

References

• “Taks,2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

taks c

1. indefinite genitive singular of tak

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch taxe, from Old French taxe, from Latin taxa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑks/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: taks
• Rhymes: -ɑks

Noun

taks f (plural taksen, diminutive taksje n)

1. (chiefly Belgium) tax
2. fee, amount, share

Usage notes

Taks is a common Belgian Dutch word for “tax”. The equivalent term in the Netherlands is belasting and taks has more limited use there, mostly for brevity and in fixed expressions like vlaktaks.

Synonyms

• belasting
• heffing

Derived terms

• milieutaks
• vlaktaks

Icelandic

Noun

taks n

1. indefinite genitive singular of tak

Scots

Verb

taks

1. third-person singular present indicative of tak

Swedish

Noun

taks

1. indefinite genitive singular of tak
2. indefinite genitive plural of tak

Anagrams

• akts, kast