Dress

See also: dress and Dreß

German

Alternative forms

• Dreß (superseded)

Etymology

19th century, from English dress.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʁɛs/, [dʁɛs]

• Audio

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Noun

Dress m or f (strong or mixed, genitive Dresses or Dress, plural Dresse or Dressen)

1. (especially sports) dress (apparel suited for a particular purpose)

   vornehmer Dress ― formal dress

   der Dress der Mannschaft ― the sports team's outfits

Declension

Declension of Dress [masculine // feminine, strong // mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein, eine	der, die	Dress	die	Dresse, Dressen
genitive	eines, einer	des, der	Dresses, Dress	der	Dresse, Dressen
dative	einem, einer	dem, der	Dress, Dresse1	den	Dressen
accusative	einen, eine	den, die	Dress	die	Dresse, Dressen

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Dress” in Duden online
• “Dress” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Borrowed from English dress.

Noun

Dress f (plural Dresse)

1. dress