des

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Anagrams

• sed, eds, Eds, Esd., SDE, EDS, EDs, SED, eds., DSE, ESD

Etymology 1

Cognate with German German das.

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from German des.

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin de ēx.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

References

• “des” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Pronoun

des

1. nominative/accusative singular neuter of dèar

   Des ist 's khint dar main sbéstare. ― This is my sister's child.

   Des ist an guuts baip. ― This is a good woman.

Determiner

des

1. nominative/accusative singular neuter of dèar

   Des ròss is net main. ― This horse is not mine.

See also

Further reading

• “des” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Conjunction

des

1. the

   Jo større den er, des gladere bliver jeg.

   The larger it is, the gladder I shall be.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛs/, (historic) /dəs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: des

Article

des

1. (archaic) genitive singular masculine/neuter of de (“the”)

Conjunction

des

1. the ... the (used with te as an intensifier to indicate the degree of an action)

   Des te vaker de mensen Willem de rug toekeren des te beter! ― The more often people turn their back at Willem the better!

Etymology

Cognate to German des.

Article

des

1. (Silesian, Gebirgsschlesisch, Breslauisch, genitive) of the

Etymology

From Swedish and German desto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [des]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: des

Particle

des

1. the; used with ju and either pli (“more”) or malpli (“less”) to form the second half of a coordinated comparative.

   Ju pli mi lernas, des pli mi scias.

   The more I learn, the more I know.

   • 1903, Ben Elmy, “La Lingvo de la floroj”, in The Esperantist: The Esperanto Gazette for the Spreading of the International Language, page 138:

     Ju pli ni studas la florojn, des pli ni konstatas, ke multe da ili posedas nesuspektitajn lertecojn, kiujn apud besto ni volonte nomus instinkto aŭ еĉ prudento.

     The more we study the flowers, the more we establish that many of them possess unexpected abilities, which in an animal we would willingly call instinct or even foresight.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology

Hindi देश (deś).

Noun

des

1. country

   India ek prachin des hae.

   India is an old country.

Etymology

From German Des (German key notation).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdes/, [ˈde̞s̠]
• Rhymes: -es
• Hyphenation^(key): des

Noun

des

1. (music) D-flat

Determiner

des

1. plural of un

Etymology

The use as an article is a special case of the contraction.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de/, (before a vowel) /de.z‿/
• IPA^(key): /dɛ/, (before a vowel) /dɛ.z‿/

• Audio:

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Article

des m pl or f pl

1. plural of un (“some; the plural indefinite article”)
2. plural of une (“some; the plural indefinite article”)
3. plural of du (“some; the plural partitive article”)
4. plural of de la (“some; the plural partitive article”)
5. plural of de l’ (“some; the plural partitive article”)

Contraction

des

1. Contraction of de les (“of the, from the, some”).

Further reading

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

Etymology

From Latin dē + ex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /des/

Preposition

des

1. since
2. from (a location)

Further reading

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “des”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “des”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Alternative forms

• -'s

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dəs/ (generally)
• IPA^(key): /dɛs/ (when stressed, which is rare)

• Audio:

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Article

des

1. genitive masculine/neuter singular of der: the

Etymology

From Portuguese dez. Cognate with Kabuverdianu dés.

Numeral

des

1. ten (10)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːs/, [d̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /des/, [d̪ɛs]

Verb

dēs

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of dō

Alternative forms

• dex, dés (Western orthographies)
• déss (Eastern orthographies)

Etymology

From Latin decem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /des/, [deːs]
• IPA^(key): /des/, [deːh], [deːʰ], [deː] (High Brescian and Bergamasque)
• IPA^(key): /des/, [deːʃ] (Ticinese and Valtellinese)

Numeral

des

1. ten