dans

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French denz, from Vulgar Latin dē intus, from Latin dē + intus, meaning "from inside" or "from within".

Etymology 2

See dan.

References

Further reading

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

Etymology

French danse (“dance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dãs/

Noun

dans

1. dance

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tans/

Noun

dans m (genitive singular dans, nominative plural dansar)

1. dance

Etymology

Present active participle of dō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /dans/, [d̪ä̃ːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dans/, [d̪äns]

Participle

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

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

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin dē intus (“from inside, from within”). Cognate with French dans.

Preposition

dans

1. (Guernsey, Jersey) in
   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎, page 524:

     Ch'est coume un bourdon dans une canne.

     It is like a humble bee in a can.

   • 2013 March, Geraint Jennings, “Mar martello”, in The Town Crier‎, archived from the original on 13 March 2016, 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.

Etymology 1

From Old Norse dans and Old French dancier.

Etymology 2

References

• “dans” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Old French dance; and Old Norse dans.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑns/

Noun

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

1. a dance

Verb

dans

1. imperative of dansa

Further reading

• “dans” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

Borrowed from French danse.

Noun

dans n (plural dansuri)

1. dance

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

dans c

1. dance (dancing)
   • (Can we date this quote?), traditional (lyrics and music), “Hårgalåten [The Hårga song]”‎:

     Dansen gick på äng och backar, högt uppå Hårgaåsens topp. Man slet ut båd' [både] skor och klackar. Aldrig fick man på dansen stopp.

     They danced ["the dance was going / went," as in was going on] on meadow [sic] and hills, high upon the top of the Hårga ridge. People [one] wore out both shoes and heels [on shoes]. The dance could not be stopped ["Never got one upon the dance stop"].

2. a dance (type of dance)
   • 2001, Caramell (lyrics and music), “Caramelldansen [The Caramell dance ("karamell" is the usual spelling)]”, in Supergott [Super tasty]‎:

     Dansa med oss. Klappa era händer. Gör som vi gör och ta några steg åt vänster. Lyssna och lär. Missa inte chansen. Nu är vi här med Caramelldansen.

     Dance with us. Clap your hands. Do as we do and take a few steps to the left. Listen and learn. Don't miss the chance. Now we are here with the Caramell dance.

3. a dance (social gathering with dancing)
   • 1891, “Det var dans bort i vägen [There was a dance down the road]”, Gustaf Fröding (lyrics), Helfrid Lambert (music)‎performed by Sven-Ingvars:

     Det var dans bort i vägen på lördagsnatten. Över nejden gick låten av spelet och skratten. Det var tjo, det var hopp, det var hej! Nils Utterman, token och spelemansfanten, han satt med sitt bälgspel vid landsvägskanten, för dudeli dudeli dej!

     There was a dance down the road on Saturday night. Over the neighborhood [surrounding area of (mostly) nature] went the sound [archaic, the modern sense is "song"] of the playing and laughter [the laughs]. There was woo [expressing joy, intensity, or the like], there was "hop" [often appears in similar interjections], there was hey! Nils Utterman, the coot and vagabond musician [rare, archaic], he sat with his accordion [dialectal, usually dragspel] by the side of the highway [in the pre-car, main public road sense], for doodly doodly dey!

Noun

dans

1. (colloquial) definite genitive singular of dag

References

• dans in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dans in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• dans in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• dans in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)

Anagrams

• ands, sand

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑns/

• Audio:

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Noun

dans (definite accusative dansı, plural danslar)

1. dance (movements to music)