dese

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

English

Etymology

Representing a colloquial pronunciation of these.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diːz/
• Rhymes: -iːz

Determiner

dese

1. (slang, nonstandard) these

Pronoun

dese

1. (slang, nonstandard) these

Anagrams

• EDES, Seed, dees, sede, seed

Galician

Verb

dese

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

Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

• deze

Etymology

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Determiner

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

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

• Dutch: deze, dit
• Limburgish: deze

Further reading

• “dese”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “dese”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

dese

1. Alternative form of deis (“dais”)

Etymology 2

Determiner

dese

1. Alternative form of þes (“these”)

Old High German

Alternative forms

• these

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈde.ze/

Pronoun

dese

1. this

Descendants

• Middle High German:
  • German: dieser
• Cimbrian: diiza, disa

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀤𑁂𑀲𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• देसे (Devanagari script)
• দেসে (Bengali script)
• දෙසෙ (Sinhalese script)
• ဒေသေ or ၻေသေ (Burmese script)
• เทเส (Thai script)
• ᨴᩮᩈᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ເທເສ (Lao script)
• ទេសេ (Khmer script)
• 𑄘𑄬𑄥𑄬 (Chakma script)

Noun

dese

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

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

dese (Cyrillic spelling десе)

1. third-person plural present of desiti

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Contraction of de ese.

Contraction

dese

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

Related terms

• desa
• desas
• deso
• desos

 

Noun

dese m (plural deses)

1. (Mexico) whatchamacallit, thingamabob

Etymology 2

Verb

dese

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

Further reading

• “dese”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Volapük

Preposition

dese

1. from out of