danse

See also: dansé

Danish

Alternative forms

• dandse (obsolete)

Verb

danse (imperative dans, infinitive at danse, present tense danser, past tense dansede, perfect tense har danset)

1. to dance
   • 1963, “Dansevise”, Sejr Volmer-Sørensen (lyrics), Otto Francker (music), performed by Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann:

     Kom, lad os danse / Alt kan der ske / Kom, lad os danse / Lad os danse, lad os le

     Come, let us dance / Everything can happen / Come, let us dance / Let us dance, let us laugh

Conjugation

Inflection of danse

	present	past
simple	danser	dansede
perfect	har danset	havde danset
passive	danses	dansedes
participle	dansende	danset
imperative	dans	—
infinitive	danse	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	dansen	—

Noun

danse

1. indefinite plural of dans

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

danse

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of dansen

Anagrams

• Andes

French

Etymology

From danser (“to dance”). Doublet of dance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑ̃s/

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Noun

danse f (plural danses)

1. dance

Derived terms

• danse du ventre
• danse macabre
• mener la danse
• piste de danse

Related terms

• danseur, danseuse

Descendants

• → Danish: dans
• → Italian: danza
• → Romanian: dans
• → Turkish: dans

Verb

danse

1. inflection of danser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “danse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• Andes

Haitian Creole

Etymology

French danser (“to dance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dãse/

Verb

danse

1. to dance

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse dansa, from Old French dancier.

Verb

danse (imperative dans, present tense danser, simple past and past participle dansa or danset, present participle dansende)

1. to dance

Related terms

• dans
• danser, danserinne

References

• “danse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

danse (present tense dansar, past tense dansa, past participle dansa, passive infinitive dansast, present participle dansande, imperative danse/dans)

1. Alternative form of dansa