Dosis

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See also: dosis and dösis

German

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”), from Proto-Hellenic *dótis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis.

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Noun

Dosis f (genitive Dosis, plural Dosen)

  1. dose
  2. (slang) a shot (of an illicit drug)

Declension

Declension of Dosis
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Dosis die Dosen
genitive einer der Dosis der Dosen
dative einer der Dosis den Dosen
accusative eine die Dosis die Dosen

Further reading

  • “Dosis” in Duden online
  • “Dosis” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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