Date

Etymology

Two main origins:

• Borrowed from Marathi दाते (dāte), from Sanskrit दाता (dātā), nominative singular of दातृ (dātṛ, “giver, donor”).
• Borrowed from Japanese 伊達 (Date, “a city in Hokkaido Prefecture”), a habitational surname.

Proper noun

Date (plural Dates)

1. A surname.
2. A ghost town in Perkins County, South Dakota, United States.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Date”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 414.

Anagrams

• Daet, AEDT, TAED, Teda, tea'd, TA'ed, TAed, -ated, ated, tead, EDTA

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English date.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛɪ̯t/, /deːt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Date

Noun

Date n (strong, genitive Dates, plural Dates)

1. (informal) date (romantic meeting)
   • 2011, “Das ist Business”, in Jenseits von Gut und Böse, performed by Bushido:

     Hab ein Date im Jacuzzi, mit dem Playmate von Juni / Ich pump Champagne so wie Schumi

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (informal) date (person with whom one has such a meeting)
3. (informal, rather rare) date (non-romantic meeting)
   • 2015, “Date mit Dirk”, in Das Rote Album, performed by Tocotronic:

     Ich hab ein Date mit Dirk / Am ersten Frühlingstag / Ich hab ein Date mit Dirk / Ich will wissen ob er mich noch mag

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “Date” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Date” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Date” in Duden online
• Date on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Romanization

Date

1. Rōmaji transcription of だて