dess
English
Etymology 1
Probably a clipping of desperateCategory:English clippings#DESS.[1]
Adjective
dess (comparative more dess, superlative most dess)Category:English lemmas#DESSCategory:English adjectives#DESSCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DESSCategory:Pages with entries#DESSCategory:Pages with 5 entries#DESS
- (MTECategory:Multicultural Toronto English#DESS, slangCategory:English slang#DESS) Unattractive, unappealing.
- 2021 October 2, u/loading___help, “How did he even think he was getting away 😭”, in Reddit, r/Torontology, archived from the original on 8 June 2024:
- They're honestly some of the dumbest niggas I've ever seen p.o is the most dess block in TorontoCategory:English terms with quotations#DESS
- 2023 August 18, @CHICVGO, Twitter, archived from the original on 8 June 2024:
- Definitely need a few more female friends. This staying inside all the time/entertaining myself shit is dess. I am too young to be feeling this old due to a lack of friendships.Category:English terms with quotations#DESS
- 2024 March 11, u/Click-Good, “Paperboy got hit up last night”, in Reddit, r/Torontology, archived from the original on 8 June 2024:
- These kids are so dess. Imagine going live with bullet holes and tubes coming out you. Lmao insanityCategory:English terms with quotations#DESS
- 2024 April 13, @FCGunnis, Twitter, archived from the original on 8 June 2024:
- Periods are dess asf!Category:English terms with quotations#DESS
Etymology 2
Noun
dess (plural desses)Category:English lemmas#DESSCategory:English nouns#DESSCategory:English countable nouns#DESSCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DESSCategory:Pages with entries#DESSCategory:Pages with 5 entries#DESS
References
- ↑ “TDOT SLANG TRANSLATION THREAD.”, in Reddit, r/Torontology, 2 April 2021, archived from the original on 8 June 2024: “Dess means desperate”
Further reading
- “dess”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “dess”, in Urban Dictionary, launched 1999.
- Melissa Douglas; Shiyan Liang (2024), “dess”, in Eshe Mercer-James, Elaine Gold, editors, A Dictionary of English in Multicultural Toronto, Toronto, Ont.: Canadian Language Museum, archived from the original on 15 May 2024: “conventionally unattractive; insult.”
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse#DESS þess, genitive of þat.
Adverb
dessCategory:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#DESSCategory:Norwegian Bokmål adverbs#DESSCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#DESSCategory:Pages with entries#DESSCategory:Pages with 5 entries#DESS
- the, when used with two comparatives.
- Dess tynnere røret er, dess større er høydeforskjellen, ...
- The thinner the tube, the greater the difference in height, ... (Wikipedia Kapillarkrefter)
Derived terms
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse#DESSCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse#DESS þess, masculine or neuter genitive singular of þat n.
Adverb
dessCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#DESSCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk adverbs#DESSCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#DESSCategory:Pages with entries#DESSCategory:Pages with 5 entries#DESS
- the (With a comparative or more and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.)
- Dess sterkare, dess betre.
- The stronger, the better.
Synonyms
Determiner
dessCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#DESSCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk determiners#DESSCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk possessive determiners#DESSCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#DESSCategory:Pages with entries#DESSCategory:Pages with 5 entries#DESS
Pronoun
dessCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#DESSCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk pronouns#DESSCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#DESSCategory:Pages with entries#DESSCategory:Pages with 5 entries#DESS
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
- Dess (alternative capitalization)
Noun
dess m (definite singular dessen, indefinite plural dessar, definite plural dessane)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#DESSCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#DESSCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#DESSCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns#DESSCategory:Pages with entries#DESSCategory:Pages with 5 entries#DESS
Derived terms
- dess-dur m
References
- “dess” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-CelticCategory:Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic#DESSCategory:Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic#DESS *dexswos.
Pronunciation
Adjective
dessCategory:Old Irish lemmas#DESSCategory:Old Irish adjectives#DESSCategory:Old Irish entries with incorrect language header#DESSCategory:Pages with entries#DESSCategory:Pages with 5 entries#DESS
- right (side, as opposed to left)
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 17b2
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 17b2
- south
Inflection
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | dess | dess | dess |
| vocative | deiss* dess** | ||
| accusative | dess | deiss | |
| genitive | deiss | deisse | deiss |
| dative | dess | deiss | dess |
| plural | masculine | feminine/neuter | |
| nominative | deiss | dessa | |
| vocative | dessu dessa† | ||
| accusative | dessu dessa† | ||
| genitive | dess | ||
| dative | dessaib | ||
*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized
Derived terms
Descendants
Mutation
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dess”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Swedish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Pronoun
dessCategory:Swedish lemmas#DESSCategory:Swedish pronouns#DESSCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#DESSCategory:Pages with entries#DESSCategory:Pages with 5 entries#DESS
- (possessive) its (3rd person singular inanimate common and neuter genitive)
- At a specific given time, then
- Sen dess har de rivit stället
- Since then, they've torn the place down
- Till dess får du ha det så bra
- Until then, have a good time
- (chiefly in some expressions) synonym of desto
Declension
| Number | Person | nominative | oblique | possessive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| common | neuter | plural | |||||
| singular | first | — | jag | mig, mej3 | min | mitt | mina |
| second | — | du | dig, dej3 | din | ditt | dina | |
| third | masculine (person) | han | honom, han2, en5 | hans | |||
| feminine (person) | hon | henne, na5 | hennes | ||||
| gender-neutral (person)1 | hen | hen, henom7 | hens | ||||
| common (noun) | den | den | dess | ||||
| neuter (noun) | det | det | dess | ||||
| indefinite | man or en4 | en | ens | ||||
| reflexive | — | sig, sej3 | sin | sitt | sina | ||
| plural | first | — | vi | oss | vår, våran2 | vårt, vårat2 | våra |
| second | — | ni | er | er, eran2, ers6 | ert, erat2 | era | |
| archaic | I | eder | eder, eders6 | edert | edra | ||
| third | — | de, dom3 | dem, dom3 | deras | |||
| reflexive | — | sig, sej3 | sin | sitt | sina | ||
Noun
dess nCategory:Swedish lemmas#DESSCategory:Swedish nouns#DESSCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#DESSCategory:Swedish neuter nouns#DESSCategory:Pages with entries#DESSCategory:Pages with 5 entries#DESS
- (musicCategory:sv:Music#DESS) D-flat; the note D♭
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | dess | dess |
| definite | desset | dessets | |
| plural | indefinite | dess | dess |
| definite | dessen | dessens |