dass
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
dass (third-person singular simple present dasses, present participle dassing, simple past and past participle dassed)Category:English lemmas#DASSCategory:English verbs#DASSCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DASSCategory:Pages with entries#DASSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#DASS
- (archaicCategory:English terms with archaic senses#DASS) To dare.
- 1890, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Timothy's Quest, page 58:
- We all looked at one 'nother, 'n' I thought for a second somebody 'd laugh, but nobody dassed, 'n' there warn'ta sound in the room 's Aunt Beccy sot down agin' without movin' a muscle in her face.Category:English terms with quotations#DASS
- 1904, Henry A. Shute, Sequil Or Things Whitch Aint Finished in the First, page 8:
- Gim scrached a line in the dirt and told Will not to dass to step over it and then Will put a chip on his sholeder and told Gim not to dass to nock it offCategory:English terms with quotations#DASS
- 1907, Lawrence Mott, To the credit of the sea, page 72:
- "Ay, an' lost me th' ship, 'cause I'd never dassed take her wi' only twenty barrel o' bait, 'f I'd knowed th' new law. I hain't got much money, Mr. Burberry, an' there's the missils an' kiddies to house an' dress an' feed.Category:English terms with quotations#DASS
- 1907, Mabel Osgood Wright, Gray lady and the birds: stories of the bird year for home and school, page 41:
- You weren't smart to refuse; you could have had a peep inside the General's house, maybe, and I don't believe she'd dassed said a word about birds on hats, with one of the company wearing 'em!Category:English terms with quotations#DASS
- 1933, Sammy Lerner, theme from, Popeye the Sailor::
- "If anyone dasses to risk my fist, it's Boff! and it's Wham! Understand?"Category:English terms with quotations#DASS
See also
Anagrams
German
Alternative forms
- daß (older spelling)
- daſs (older antiqua spelling used instead of daß; older fraktur spelling in Heyse's spelling)
- dasz, das (obsolete)
- dat (nonstandard, colloquial, dialectal)
Etymology
From Middle High GermanCategory:German terms inherited from Middle High German#DASSCategory:German terms derived from Middle High German#DASS daȥ, from Old High GermanCategory:German terms inherited from Old High German#DASSCategory:German terms derived from Old High German#DASS daȥ, from Proto-GermanicCategory:German terms derived from Proto-Germanic#DASS *þat. Compare Dutch dat, Low German dat, datt, English that. Doublet of dasCategory:German doublets#DASS. Distinction from das is purely orthographical convention.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /das/, /dɑs/Category:German 1-syllable words#DASSCategory:German 1-syllable words#DASSCategory:German terms with IPA pronunciation#DASS
Category:German terms with audio pronunciation#DASSAudio (Germany (Berlin)): (file) - Rhymes: -asCategory:Rhymes:German/as#DASSCategory:Rhymes:German/as/1 syllable#DASS
- Homophone: dasCategory:German terms with homophones#DASS
Conjunction
dassCategory:German lemmas#DASSCategory:German conjunctions#DASSCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#DASSCategory:Pages with entries#DASSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#DASS
- (subordinating) that
- Ich habe gehört, dass du krank bist.
- I was told that you are sick.
- Es ist schön, dass du bei mir bist.
- It's nice that you're with me.
- (subordinating, chiefly colloquialCategory:German colloquialisms#DASS) so that
- Synonyms: (standard usage) damit, sodass
- Beeil dich, dass wir bald losfahren können.
- Hurry up so that we can take off soon.
Usage notes
- The acceptability and use of dass and daß has varied over the centuries. Daß was more common until at least 1871. Dass was deprecated in 1902 following the Second Orthographic Conference. (In Württemberg, Saxony and Prussia, dass had been deprecated earlier in the 19th century.)[1][2][3] Daß was more common from 1902 until it was deprecated and dass was revived by the 1996 Rechtschreibreform.[4]
References
- ↑ Regeln und Wörterverzeichniß für die deutsche Rechtschreibung, zum Gebrauch in den württembergischen Schulanstalten amtlich festgestellt (Stuttgart, Verlag der J. B. Metzlerschen Buchhandlung, 1861), page 12f.
- ↑ Regeln und Wörterverzeichnis für die deutsche Rechtschreibung zum Gebrauch in den sächsischen Schulen. Im Auftrage des Königl. Ministeriums des Kultus und öffentlichen Unterrichts herausgegeben. (Generalverordnung vom 9. Oktober 1880.) (Dresden, Verlag von Alwin Huhle (Carl Adlers Buchhandlung), 1880), page 8f.
- ↑ Regeln und Wörterverzeichnis für die deutsche Rechtschreibung zum Gebrauch in den preußischen Schulen. Herausgegeben im Auftrage des Königlichen Ministeriums der geistlichen, Unterrichts- und Medizinal-Angelegenheiten (Zweiter Neudruck. Berlin, Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1883; Zweiter Neudruck. Neu durchgesehen. Berlin, Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1887), page 8f.
- ↑ “dass,daß”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.
Further reading
Category:German subordinating conjunctions#DASSLuxembourgish
Pronunciation
Conjunction
dassCategory:Luxembourgish lemmas#DASSCategory:Luxembourgish conjunctions#DASSCategory:Luxembourgish entries with incorrect language header#DASSCategory:Pages with entries#DASSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#DASS
- alternative form of datt
Further reading
- dass in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From GermanCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from German#DASS das Haus or Häuschen ("The (little) house", euphemistically omitting the main word (out)house).
Noun
dass m (definite singular dassen, indefinite plural dasser, definite plural dassene)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#DASSCategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#DASSCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#DASSCategory:Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns#DASSCategory:Pages with entries#DASSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#DASS
dass n (definite singular dasset, indefinite plural dass or dasser, definite plural dassa or dassene)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#DASSCategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#DASSCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#DASSCategory:Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns#DASSCategory:Pages with entries#DASSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#DASS
- (colloquialCategory:Norwegian Bokmål colloquialisms#DASS) toilet, crapper
- Husk å vaske dassen!
- Remember to clean the toilet!
- (derogatoryCategory:Norwegian Bokmål derogatory terms#DASS) a jerk
- Din dass! ― You jerk!Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples#DASS
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- “dass” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From GermanCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from German#DASS das Haus or Häuschen ("The (little) house").
Noun
dass m (definite singular dassen, indefinite plural dassar, definite plural dassane)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#DASSCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#DASSCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#DASSCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns#DASSCategory:Pages with entries#DASSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#DASS
dass n (definite singular dasset, indefinite plural dass, definite plural dassa)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#DASSCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#DASSCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#DASSCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns#DASSCategory:Pages with entries#DASSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#DASS
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- “dass” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology 1
Contraction of GermanCategory:Swedish terms derived from German#DASS das Haus (“the house”)
Noun
dass nCategory:Swedish lemmas#DASSCategory:Swedish nouns#DASSCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#DASSCategory:Swedish neuter nouns#DASSCategory:Pages with entries#DASSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#DASS
- an outhouse; the outhouse
- Synonym: utedass
- gå på dass
- go to the outhouse
- (colloquialCategory:Swedish colloquialisms#DASS) (the) toilet (bathroom) (more generally)
- Synonyms: (colloquial) mugg, (colloquial) toa, (colloquial) skithus, toalett
- gå på dass
- go to the toilet
Usage notes
- Normally in the indefinite when of going to the outhouse or toilet. See the usage notes for toa, which works the same way.
- Dass is rarely used to refer to the toilet fixture itself.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | dass | dass |
| definite | dasset | dassets | |
| plural | indefinite | dass | dass |
| definite | dassen | dassens |
Synonyms
Derived terms
- dasspapper (“toilet paper”) (colloquial)
- dassig
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Swedish entries#DASS
Noun
dass cCategory:Swedish lemmas#DASSCategory:Swedish nouns#DASSCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#DASSCategory:Swedish common-gender nouns#DASSCategory:Pages with entries#DASSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#DASS
- a hyrax, any species in the Hyracoidea order
- Synonym: (more common) hyrax
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | dass | dass |
| definite | dassen | dassens | |
| plural | indefinite | dassar | dassars |
| definite | dassarna | dassarnas |
Related terms
References
- “dass”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “dass”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “dass”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)