See also: Dans, dåns, and dans'

EnglishEdit

NounEdit

dans

  1. plural of dan

AnagramsEdit

AfrikaansEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Dutch dans.

PronunciationEdit

  • (file)

NounEdit

dans (plural danse)

  1. dance

VerbEdit

dans (present dans, present participle dans, past participle gedans)

  1. to dance
    • 2016, “Sal Jy Met My Dans”, in Sal Jy Met My Dans?[1], South Africa, performed by Kurt Darren:
      Sal jy met my dans?
      Will you dance with me?

CornishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [dans]
  • (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [dænz]

NounEdit

dans m (plural dens)

  1. tooth

ReferencesEdit

  • Cornish-English Dictionary from Maga's Online Dictionary
  • 2018, Akademi Kernewek Gerlyver Kernewek (FSS) Cornish Dictionary (SWF) (2018 edition, p.31)

DanishEdit

 
Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia da

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French danse.

NounEdit

dans c (singular definite dansen, plural indefinite danse)

  1. a dance

InflectionEdit

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Dutch dans, from Old French danse or a deverbal from dansen.

NounEdit

dans m (plural dansen, diminutive dansje n)

  1. dance
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
  • Afrikaans: dans
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: dansi
  • Negerhollands: dans

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

dans

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dansen
  2. imperative of dansen

FaroeseEdit

NounEdit

dans m

  1. accusative/genitive singular of dansur

FrenchEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old French denz, from Late Latin dē intus, from Latin + intus, meaning "from inside" or "from within".

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

dans

  1. (literally, figurative) in, inside (enclosed in a physical space, a group, a state)
    vieillir dans la misèreto grow old in poverty
    être dans l'infanterieto be in the infantry
    avoir quelque chose dans la boucheto have something in the mouth
    dans les circonstances d'une pandémieunder the circumstances of a pandemic
    Il habite dans le quartier le plus riche de Paris.He lives in the richest district of Paris.
    Il nage comme un poisson dans l'eau.He swims like a fish in the water.
    • 1837, Viardot, Louis, chapter 1, in L'Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra:
      Dans une bourgade de la Manche, dont je ne veux pas me rappeler le nom, vivait, il n'y a pas longtemps, un hidalgo []
      In a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not want to remember, lived, not long ago, an hidalgo []
  2. (Should we delete(+) this sense?) in, into (from outside, to inside)
    mettre l'argent dans la pocheto put money into one's pocket
    Bienvenue dans le meilleur bar de tout Paris.
    Welcome to the best bar in all of Paris.
  3. in, within (a longer period of time)
    Je serai prêt dans une heure.I'll be ready in one hour.
    Il arrivera dans trois jours.He will arrive in three days.
  4. (with respect to time) during
    dans un temps donnéduring a given time
    dans ma jeunessein my youth
  5. out of, from
    boire dans une tasseto drink from a cup
    Il prend le beurre dans le réfrigérateur.He takes the butter out of the fridge.
  6. (metonymically) in; in the works of
    le marxisme dans SartreMarxism in the works of Sartre
  7. (colloquial) Used in dans les (about, around)
    dans les trentes kilosabout thirty kilos
    dans les dix eurosabout ten euros

See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

See dan.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

dans m

  1. plural of dan

Further readingEdit

Haitian CreoleEdit

EtymologyEdit

French danse (dance).

NounEdit

dans

  1. dance

IcelandicEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

dans m (genitive singular dans, nominative plural dansar)

  1. dance

DeclensionEdit

Related termsEdit

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

Present active participle of .

PronunciationEdit

ParticipleEdit

dāns (genitive dantis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. giving
  2. offering, rendering
  3. yielding, conceding

DeclensionEdit

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative dāns dantēs dantia
Genitive dantis dantium
Dative dantī dantibus
Accusative dantem dāns dantēs
dantīs
dantia
Ablative dante
dantī1
dantibus
Vocative dāns dantēs dantia

1When used purely as an adjective.

NormanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Late Latin dē intus (from inside, from within). Cognate with French dans.

PrepositionEdit

dans

  1. (Guernsey, Jersey) in
    • 2013 March 1, Geraint Jennings, “Mar martello”, in The Town Crier[2], page 20:
      Dans les clios étout nou vait des tracteurs et des machinnes tandi qu'lé travas du fèrmyi r'prend san rhythme coumme tréjous.
      In the fields tractors and machines can be seen too as farm work picks up again as always.

Norwegian BokmålEdit

 
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Etymology 1Edit

From Old French dance; and Old Norse dans.

NounEdit

dans m (definite singular dansen, indefinite plural danser, definite plural dansene)

  1. a dance
  2. dancing
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

dans

  1. imperative of danse

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From Old French dance; and Old Norse dans.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

dans m (definite singular dansen, indefinite plural dansar, definite plural dansane)

  1. a dance

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

VerbEdit

dans

  1. imperative of dansa

Further readingEdit

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French danse.

NounEdit

dans n (plural dansuri)

  1. dance

DeclensionEdit

Alternative formsEdit

Related termsEdit

SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

dans c

  1. dance

DeclensionEdit

Declension of dans 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative dans dansen danser danserna
Genitive dans dansens dansers dansernas

Related termsEdit

Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

TurkishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ottoman Turkish دانس(dans), from French danse. First attested in 1869.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

dans (definite accusative dansı, plural danslar)

  1. dance (movements to music)

DeclensionEdit

Inflection
Nominative dans
Definite accusative dansı
Singular Plural
Nominative dans danslar
Definite accusative dansı dansları
Dative dansa danslara
Locative dansta danslarda
Ablative danstan danslardan
Genitive dansın dansların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular dansım danslarım
2nd singular dansın dansların
3rd singular dansı dansları
1st plural dansımız danslarımız
2nd plural dansınız danslarınız
3rd plural dansları dansları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular dansımı danslarımı
2nd singular dansını danslarını
3rd singular dansını danslarını
1st plural dansımızı danslarımızı
2nd plural dansınızı danslarınızı
3rd plural danslarını danslarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular dansıma danslarıma
2nd singular dansına danslarına
3rd singular dansına danslarına
1st plural dansımıza danslarımıza
2nd plural dansınıza danslarınıza
3rd plural danslarına danslarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular dansımda danslarımda
2nd singular dansında danslarında
3rd singular dansında danslarında
1st plural dansımızda danslarımızda
2nd plural dansınızda danslarınızda
3rd plural danslarında danslarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular dansımdan danslarımdan
2nd singular dansından danslarından
3rd singular dansından danslarından
1st plural dansımızdan danslarımızdan
2nd plural dansınızdan danslarınızdan
3rd plural danslarından danslarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular dansımın danslarımın
2nd singular dansının danslarının
3rd singular dansının danslarının
1st plural dansımızın danslarımızın
2nd plural dansınızın danslarınızın
3rd plural danslarının danslarının