See also: desé, desè, dése, dèse, and děse

English Edit

Etymology Edit

Representing a colloquial pronunciation of these.

Pronunciation Edit

Determiner Edit

dese

  1. (slang, nonstandard) these

Pronoun Edit

dese

  1. (slang, nonstandard) these

Anagrams Edit

Galician Edit

Verb Edit

dese

  1. first-person singular preterite subjunctive of dar
  2. third-person singular preterite subjunctive of dar

Middle Dutch Edit

Alternative forms Edit

Etymology Edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Determiner Edit

dese

  1. this, these
    • 1249, Schepenbrief van Bochoute, Velzeke, eastern Flanders:
      Descepenen van bochouta quedden alle degene die dese lettren sien selen i(n) onsen here.
      The aldermen of Bochoute address all who will see this letter by our lord.

Inflection Edit

Determiner
Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural
Nominative dese dese dit dese
Accusative desen dese dit dese
Genitive deses deser dis deser
Dative desen deser desen desen


  • dees is a common alternative form of dese

Descendants Edit

  • Dutch: deze, dit
  • Limburgish: deze

Further reading Edit

Middle English Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

Noun Edit

dese

  1. Alternative form of deis (dais)

Etymology 2 Edit

Determiner Edit

dese

  1. Alternative form of þes (these)

Old High German Edit

Alternative forms Edit

Etymology Edit

From Proto-Germanic *þat, whence also Old English þes.

Pronunciation Edit

Pronoun Edit

dese

  1. this

Descendants Edit

Pali Edit

Alternative forms Edit

Noun Edit

dese

  1. inflection of desa (place):
    1. locative singular
    2. accusative plural

Serbo-Croatian Edit

Verb Edit

dese (Cyrillic spelling десе)

  1. third-person plural present of desiti

Spanish Edit

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈdese/ [ˈd̪e.se]
  • Rhymes: -ese
  • Syllabification: de‧se

Etymology 1 Edit

Contraction of de ese.

Contraction Edit

dese

  1. (obsolete) of that, from that (followed by a masculine noun in plural)
Related terms Edit

Noun Edit

dese m (plural deses)

  1. (Mexico) whatchamacallit, thingamabob

Etymology 2 Edit

Verb Edit

dese

  1. third-person singular imperative of dar combined with se

Further reading Edit

Volapük Edit

Preposition Edit

dese

  1. from out of