Dach

See also: Dåch, DACH, dach, and dach'

German

ein Dach

Etymology

From Middle High German dach, from Old High German dah, from Proto-West Germanic *þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.

Compare German Low German Dack, Dutch dak, English thack, thatch, Danish tag. Akin to Latin toga (“garment”) and Ancient Greek στέγος (stégos, “roof”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dax/, [däχ]
• Rhymes: -ax

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• Homophone: DACH

Noun

Dach n (strong, genitive Daches or Dachs, plural Dächer, diminutive Dächlein n or Dächelchen n)

1. roof
2. (informal) circumflex

   Synonym: Zirkumflex

3. (colloquial) head, especially the scalp

   Du kriegst gleich etwas aufs Dach!

   You'll get something (usu. a smack) on the head!

4. (geology) a rock layer above a seam

Declension

Declension of Dach [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Dach	die	Dächer
genitive	eines	des	Daches, Dachs	der	Dächer
dative	einem	dem	Dach, Dache1	den	Dächern
accusative	ein	das	Dach	die	Dächer

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

• Abdach
• Autodach
• Blätterdach
• Blechdach
• Bleidach
• Bogendach
• Flachdach
• Garagendach
• Giebeldach
• Hausdach
• Helmdach
• Kegeldach
• Mansardendach
• Notdach
• Pultdach
• Reetdach
• Satteldach
• Schieferdach
• Schindeldach
• Schmetterlingsdach
• Schrägdach
• Spitzdach
• Strohdach
• Tonnendach
• Vordach
• Walmdach
• Ziegeldach
• Zwiebeldach

 

Derived terms

• bedachen
• dachartig
• Dächel
• dachförmig
• Dächlein
• dachlos
• Obdach

 

Related terms

• Dachdecker
• Dachfenster
• Dachgaube
• Dachgeschoss
• Dachgesims
• Dachgestühl
• Dachhase
• Dachhelm
• Dachrinne
• Dachstuhl
• Dachverband

 

• abdachen
• aufs Dach bekommen
• aufs Dach kriegen
• überdachen

 

Descendants

• → Belarusian: дах (dax)
• → Polish: dach
• → Ukrainian: дах (dax)

Proper noun

Dach m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Dachs or (with an article) Dach, feminine genitive Dach, plural Dachs)

1. a surname

Further reading

• “Dach” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Dach” in Duden online
• “Dach” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Dach”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
• Dach on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German dach, from Old High German dah, from Proto-West Germanic *þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tax/

Noun

Dach m (nominative plural Decher, diminutive Dechelche)

1. roof

   De Dach is foll Reif.

   The roof is full of frost.

Declension

Declension of Dach

	singular		plural
	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative/accusative	där/de	Dach	die	Decher
dative	dem	Dach	denne/de	Decher

Further reading

• Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Dach”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 31

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German dach, from Old High German dah, from Proto-West Germanic *þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką.

Noun

Dach n (plural Decher)

1. roof

Plautdietsch

Etymology

German Low German Dag, from Middle Low German dach, from Old Saxon dag, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”).

Cognate with German Tag and English day, among many others. Unrelated to Dak (“roof”) or Dakj (“blanket, cover”), see above.

Noun

Dach m (plural Doag)

1. day

Coordinate terms

• Sinnowent (“Saturday”)
• Wäakj (“week”)
• Moonat (“month”)
• Joa (“year”)

Derived terms

• Dachoabeit
• Dinjsdach
• Donnadach
• Fastdach
• Friedach
• Joaresdach
• Mondach
• Sindach

 

Related terms

• dach (“bright”)
• dache