dan

Translingual

Symbol

dan

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Danish.

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English dan, daun, dam (“lord”), from Anglo-Norman daun, daunz and Old French dan, dam, from Latin dominus. Doublet of don.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dæn/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -æn

Noun

dan

1. (obsolete) A title of honour or respect similar to "master" or "Sir", used of historical and legendary figures of the past.
   • 1578, George Gascoigne, “A Moonshine Banquet”, in A Hundred Sundry Flowers:

     Dan Phoebus, he with many a low'ring look / Had her beheld in yore in angry wise.

   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. , London: [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     Old Dan Geoffrey, in whose gentle spright / The pure well-head of Poesy did dwell.

   • c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     This senior-junior, giant-dwarf, dan Cupid.

   • 1748, James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence: , London: A Millar, , →OCLC:

     The patriarchal age, / What time Dan Abraham left the Chaldee land.

   • 1777, James Perry, The Electrical Eel; or, Gymnotus Electricus:

     He did—and in a moment press'd / The place—in Paradise the best, / As by Dan Moses said.

   • 1842, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, A Dream of Fair Women:

     Dan Chaucer, the first warbler, whose sweet breath / Preluded those melodious bursts, that fill / The spacious times of great Elizabeth / With sounds that echo still.

   • 1846, Terence McMahon Hughes, The Biliad:

     Dan Neptune says that "ere a twelvemonth pass, / The Senate shall to Ireland go to grass."

   • 1962, A. D. Hope, The Ballad of Dan Homer:

     Oh, me' name is Dan Homer, I'm blind, as the Jews, / And I travels around with my head full av news.

Alternative forms

• Dan

Etymology 2

Uncertain.

Noun

dan (plural dans)

1. (mining) A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.

See also

• corf

Etymology 3

From Japanese 段 (dan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dæn/, /dɑn/
• Rhymes: -æn, -ɑːn

Noun

dan (plural dans)

1. A rank of black belt in martial arts.

   Hyponym: shodan

2. Someone who has achieved a level of black belt.

   Hyponym: shodan

Etymology 4

From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 担 (dàn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑn/, /dæn/

Noun

dan (plural dans or dan)

1. (units of measurement) Synonym of picul: a traditional unit of weight and mass.

Etymology 5

Uncertain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dæn/

Noun

dan (plural dans)

1. A dan buoy.
   • 1913, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Papers: 1909-1982, page 165:

     Carrying away of 25 great-lines, 3 dans, buoys, &c., of steam liner 'Star of the East' […]

   • 1917, United States. Office of Naval Intelligence, O.N.I. Publications, page 17:

     Dumping dans. Dan buoys laid to mark a dumping ground. They are fitted with a topmark in the shape of a St. Andrews cross formed by battens 2 feet in length. Live dan. Dan buoy for which a […]

See also

Anagrams

• -and, ADN, AND, DNA, NAD, NDA, and, and-, dna, nad

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch dan.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Adverb

dan

1. then

Conjunction

dan

1. than

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French dent.

Noun

dan

1. (anatomy) tooth

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Common Turkic *taŋ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

• Audio

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Noun

dan (definite accusative danı, plural danlar)

1. dawn
   • 1924, Jafar Jabbarly, Ey dan ulduzu:

     Qaranlıq gecədə səni gözləyib,
     Durmaqdan yоruldum, ey dan ulduzu!
     Uzaq üfüqlərə göz gəzdirməkdən
     Az qala kоr оldum, ey dan ulduzu!

     I am weiry from staying awake, oh dawn star,
     As I've waited for you during dark nights!
     I nearly lost my sight, oh dawn star,
     From letting my eyes walk along distant horizons!

Declension

Declension of dan
	singular	plural
nominative	dan	danlar
definite accusative	danı	danları
dative	dana	danlara
locative	danda	danlarda
ablative	dandan	danlardan
definite genitive	danın	danların

Possessive forms of dan
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	danım	danlarım
sənin (“your”)	danın	danların
onun (“his/her/its”)	danı	danları
bizim (“our”)	danımız	danlarımız
sizin (“your”)	danınız	danlarınız
onların (“their”)	danı or danları	danları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	danımı	danlarımı
sənin (“your”)	danını	danlarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	danını	danlarını
bizim (“our”)	danımızı	danlarımızı
sizin (“your”)	danınızı	danlarınızı
onların (“their”)	danını or danlarını	danlarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	danıma	danlarıma
sənin (“your”)	danına	danlarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	danına	danlarına
bizim (“our”)	danımıza	danlarımıza
sizin (“your”)	danınıza	danlarınıza
onların (“their”)	danına or danlarına	danlarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	danımda	danlarımda
sənin (“your”)	danında	danlarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	danında	danlarında
bizim (“our”)	danımızda	danlarımızda
sizin (“your”)	danınızda	danlarınızda
onların (“their”)	danında or danlarında	danlarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	danımdan	danlarımdan
sənin (“your”)	danından	danlarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	danından	danlarından
bizim (“our”)	danımızdan	danlarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	danınızdan	danlarınızdan
onların (“their”)	danından or danlarından	danlarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	danımın	danlarımın
sənin (“your”)	danının	danlarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	danının	danlarının
bizim (“our”)	danımızın	danlarımızın
sizin (“your”)	danınızın	danlarınızın
onların (“their”)	danının or danlarının	danlarının

Related terms

• danna (“tomorrow”)

Further reading

• “dan” in Obastan.com.

Bambara

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Verb

dan

1. to count
2. to sow

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Verb

dan

1. to pass beyond

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Biem

Noun

dan

1. water

References

• Heinrich Aufenanger, The great inheritance in Northeast New Guinea: a collection of anthropological data (1975)
• Stephen Adolphe Wurm, New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study (1976)

Bonggo

Noun

dan

1. water

References

• Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 128

Catalan

Verb

dan

1. third-person plural present indicative of dar

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German dan, from Old High German dan, from Proto-Germanic *þan (“then, at that time”). Cognate with German dann, English than. Doublet of dénne.

Conjunction

dan

1. (Sette Comuni) than

   Synonyms: bèdar, ken, kédar

   Ich limme libor diiza dan dòi. ― I'd rather take this than that.

   Dis is pessor dan des. ― This is better than that.

References

• “dan” 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

Cornish

Noun

dan

1. Soft mutation of tan.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -an

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese だん (dan).

Noun

dan m anim

1. (martial arts) dan, master and teacher of judo, karate or other Japanese martial arts

Declension

Noun

dan m inan

1. (martial arts) dan, master degree in judo and karate

Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin Dania (“Denmark”).

Noun

dan m inan

1. (geology) Danian, stage of Paleogene

Declension

Anagrams

• And
• dna
• DNA
• nad

Dongxiang

Etymology

Compare Bonan dam, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *dām. Compare Turkish dam (“roof”), Uyghur تام (tam, “wall”), Salar tam, tām (“wall”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑŋ/

Noun

dan

1. wall

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑn/

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• Hyphenation: dan
• Rhymes: -ɑn

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch dan, from Old Dutch than, from Proto-West Germanic *þan, from Proto-Germanic *þan.

Adverb

dan

1. then, at that time (in the future)

   Morgen wordt het beter weer, maar dan moet ik weer naar mijn werk.

   Tomorrow the weather will be better, but then I must go to work again.

2. then, after that

   Eerst moet je je tanden poetsen, dan mag je naar bed.

   First you need to brush your teeth, then you may go to bed.

3. then, in that case

   Als het niet had geregend of gesneeuwd had, dan moet de auto toch veilig zijn.

   If it had not rained or snowed, then the car must still be safe.

Usage notes

The adverb dan is often used in Dutch after an imperative with a preceding conditional clause:

• Als u de tijd hebt, bezoekt u dan in ieder geval de haven.

  If you have the time, then be sure to visit the harbour.

Synonyms

• (in the past) toen

Related terms

• nochtans

Descendants

• Afrikaans: dan
• Berbice Creole Dutch: dana
• Negerhollands: dan
• Petjo: dan
• Skepi Creole Dutch: than
• → Sranan Tongo: dan
  • → Kari'na: dan

Conjunction

dan

1. than (in comparison)

   Ik ben ouder dan jij.

   I am older than you.

Synonyms

• als (non-standard)

Descendants

• Afrikaans: dan
• Negerhollands: dan

Preposition

dan

1. but, except

   Niets dan liefde.

   Nothing but love.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 段.

Noun

dan c (plural dans)

1. Unit of grading proficiency of black belt or greater than black-belt in Japanese martial arts.

Anagrams

• DNA

Fanamaket

Noun

dan

1. water

References

• Frantisek Lichtenberk, Sequentiality-Futurity Links, Oceanic Linguistics 53:1 (2014), pages 61-91

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 段 (dan), from Chinese 段 (duàn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dan/

• Audio

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Noun

dan m (plural dans)

1. dan

Further reading

• “dan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Galician

Verb

dan

1. third-person plural present indicative of dar

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French dent (“tooth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dã/

Noun

dan

1. tooth

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *dahan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daqan (“branch, bough”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dan/

Noun

dan

1. branch (part of plant)

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Malay dan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dan/

Conjunction

dan

1. and (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera)

Etymology 2

From Japanese 段 (dan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dan/

Noun

dan (first-person possessive danku, second-person possessive danmu, third-person possessive dannya)

1. Rank in judo, karate and kenpo.

Japanese

Romanization

dan

1. Rōmaji transcription of だん

Jassic

Etymology

Cognate with Iron and Digor Ossetian дон (don), from earlier *дан (*dan); from Old Ossetic , from Proto-Scythian *dānu, Proto-Iranian *dáHnu (compare Avestan 𐬛𐬁𐬥𐬎 (dānu, “river”)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáHnu (compare Sanskrit दानु (dānu, “drop, dew”)), from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu.

Noun

dan

1. water

Further reading

• Fridrik Thordarson, Ossetic Grammatical Studies (2009)
• Magyarrá lett keleti népek (Viktor Szombathy, Gyula László; 1988), reproducing the only surviving wordlist

Kis

Noun

dan

1. water

References

• Stephen Adolphe Wurm, New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study (1976)

Ladin

Preposition

dan

1. in front of, before

Lavatbura-Lamusong

Noun

dan

1. water

Usage notes

Takes various 'article' prefixes, such as la-dan (in the Madak dialect) and e-dan (in other Lamusong dialects).

Further reading

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
• Bob Lee, Noun Phrases in Madak

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dan/
• Rhymes: -dan, -an

Conjunction

dan (Jawi spelling دان)

1. and (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera)

Descendants

Maltese

Alternative forms

• dana, da

Etymology

From Arabic ذَا (ḏā, “this, that”). The paragogic -n probably spread from the plural, where it originated by analogy with hawn (“here”) and/or with the plural ending -in (compare Algerian Arabic هادون (hādūn) alongside هادو (hādū)). Some earlier scholars instead suspected a connection with Aramaic דנה (dənā, “this, that”), but this was based on the widely obsolete theory of a Punic substratum in Maltese.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daːn/

Determiner

dan (feminine din, plural dawn)

1. this

Usage notes

• May contract with the following article: dan ir-raġel → dar-raġel (“this man”). The full form is commoner, however, except in expressions like dax-xahar (“this month”).
• The feminine singular contracts to di-, the plural to da- like the masculine: dil-ġimgħa (“this week”), das-snin (“these years”).

Coordinate terms

• dak
• hedan, hedak

Mandarin

Romanization

dan

1. Nonstandard spelling of dān.
2. Nonstandard spelling of dǎn.
3. Nonstandard spelling of dàn.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French dans.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑ̃/

Preposition

dan

1. in
2. within

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch than, from Proto-West Germanic *þan, from Proto-Germanic *þan.

Adverb

dan

1. then, after that
2. then, in that case
3. thus, therefore

Descendants

• Dutch: dan

Conjunction

dan

1. than (in comparisons)
2. other than (with negation)

Descendants

• Dutch: dan

Etymology 2

Contraction

dan

1. Contraction of dat ne.

Further reading

• “dan (V)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “dan (VI)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “dan (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Middle English

Alternative forms

• dane, danz, daun, daunz, dawn
• (preceding labials) dam, dame, damp

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman daun, daunz and Old French dan, dam, from Latin dominus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dau̯n/, /dan/

Noun

dan (uncountable)

1. A respectful term of address for a (male) scholar, noble, or cleric.
2. (literary, rare) A respectful term of address for a classical deity.
3. (rare) A male noble or member of the clergy.

Descendants

• English: dan, Dan (obsolete)

References

• “daun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian thīn.

Pronoun

dan m (feminine din, neuter din, plural din)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) your

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dádaHti, from Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti, imperfective form of the root *deh₃-.

Verb

dan

1. to give, to grant, to provide with

Conjugation

Derived terms

Northern Sami

Determiner

dan

1. accusative/genitive singular of dat

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse danr, from Proto-Germanic *danaz.

Alternative forms

• dane

Noun

dan m (definite singular danen, indefinite plural daner or danar, definite plural danene or danane)

1. Dane (only used in names)

Related terms

• Danmark (“Denmark”)
• dansk (“Danish”)

Male given names:

Female given names:

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German dān, past participle of dôn (“to do”). Akin to English done.

Adjective

dan (neuter dant, definite singular and plural dane, comparative danare, indefinite superlative danast, definite superlative danaste)

1. eager
2. lustful
3. moved, impressed, especially by fear

References

• Eivind Vågslid (1988) Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 77
• “dan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “dan” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

Plautdietsch

Adverb

dan

1. then (sequential), after that

Polabian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dьnь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdan/

Noun

dan m ?

1. day

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian than, from Proto-West Germanic *þan, from Proto-Germanic *þan. Cognates include West Frisian dan and German dann.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dan/
• Hyphenation: dan
• Rhymes: -an

Adverb

dan

1. then (in that case)

Conjunction

dan

1. for, since
   • 2000, Marron C. Fort, transl., Dät Näie Tästamänt un do Psoolme in ju aasterlauwerfräiske Uurtoal fon dät Seelterlound, Fräislound, Butjoarlound, Aastfräislound un do Groninger Umelounde [The New Testament and the Psalms in the East Frisian language, native to Saterland, Friesland, Butjadingen, East Frisia and the Ommelanden of Groningen], →ISBN, Dät Evangelium ätter Matthäus 1:21:

     Ju skäl n Súun bere; him skääst du dän Nome Jesus reke; dan hie skäl sien Foulk fon sien Sänden ferleze.

     She will bear a son; you will give him the name Jesus; for he will free his people from their sins.

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “dan”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• den (Kajkavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dьnь (“day”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dâːn/
• Rhymes: -âːn

Noun

dȃn m (Cyrillic spelling да̑н)

1. day

Declension

Derived terms

• dánju
• dȍbar dȃn
• dan i noć

See also

• dno

Slavomolisano

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian dan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dâːn/

Noun

dan m

1. day
   • 2010, Rino John Gliosca, Bonifacio en Amérique:

     E na dan, je čija baliže, e je vaza put za sa vrni doma.

     And one day he packed his suitcases and left to return home.

Declension

References

• Breu, W., Mader Skender, M. B. & Piccoli, G. 2013. Oral texts in Molise Slavic (Italy): Acquaviva Collecroce. In Adamou, E., Breu, W., Drettas, G. & Scholze, L. (eds.). 2013. EuroSlav2010: Elektronische Datenbank bedrohter slavischer Varietäten in nichtslavophonen Ländern Europas – Base de données électronique de variétés slaves menacées dans des pays européens non slavophones. Konstanz: Universität / Paris: Lacito (Internet Publication).

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *dьnь (“day”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dáːn/

Noun

dȃn m inan

1. day

   Antonym: nọ̑č

Inflection

Declension of dan (masculine inanimate, irregular)
nom. sing.	dan
gen. sing.	dneva, dne
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	dan	dneva	dnevi
accusative	dan	dneva	dneve, dni
genitive	dneva, dne	dnevov, dni	dnevov, dni
dative	dnevu	dnevoma, dnema	dnevom, dnem
locative	dnevu	dnevih, dneh	dnevih, dneh
instrumental	dnevom, dnem	dnevoma, dnema	dnevi

Derived terms

• (days of the week) dnévi v tédnu; ponedéljek, tôrek, sréda, četŕtek, pétek, sobóta, nedélja ^{(Category: sl:Days of the week)}
• dọ́ber dȃn

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dàːn/

Participle

dán

1. past passive participle of dáti

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Hard
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nom. sing.	dán	dána	dáno
singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dán ind dáni def	dána	dáno
genitive	dánega	dáne	dánega
dative	dánemu	dáni	dánemu
accusative	nominativeinan or genitiveanim	dáno	dáno
locative	dánem	dáni	dánem
instrumental	dánim	dáno	dánim
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dána	dáni	dáni
genitive	dánih	dánih	dánih
dative	dánima	dánima	dánima
accusative	dána	dáni	dáni
locative	dánih	dánih	dánih
instrumental	dánima	dánima	dánima
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dáni	dáne	dána
genitive	dánih	dánih	dánih
dative	dánim	dánim	dánim
accusative	dáne	dáne	dána
locative	dánih	dánih	dánih
instrumental	dánimi	dánimi	dánimi

Further reading

• “dan”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdan/
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: dan

Etymology 1

Noun

dan m (plural danes)

1. (martial arts) dan

Etymology 2

Verb

dan

1. third-person plural present indicative of dar

Further reading

• “dan”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Sursurunga

Noun

dan

1. water

References

• Malcolm Ross, Andrew Pawley, Meredith Osmond (editors), The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: The physical environment, Pacific Linguistics, 545-2. Australian National University, Canberra, 2003, page 59

Swedish

Alternative forms

• da'n

Etymology 1

Clipping of dagen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑːn/

Noun

dan

1. (colloquial) Contraction of dagen., definite singular of dag

Derived terms

• grabben hela dan

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *daniz.

Noun

dan c

1. (historical) Dane (inhabitant of ancient Denmark)

Usage notes

Typically plural.

Declension

Declension of dan
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	dan	danen	daner	danerna
Genitive	dans	danens	daners	danernas

Etymology 3

The perfect participle of Middle Low German don, in other words: "done".

Adjective

dan (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) constituted in a certain manner

   Han är märklig och dan

   He is strange and stuff (idiomatically, where it is close to a filler)

Declension

Inflection of dan
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	dan	—	—
Neuter singular	dant	—	—
Plural	dana	—	—
Masculine plural3	dane	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	dane	—	—
All	dana	—	—
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Derived terms

• halvdan
• hurdan
• likadan
• sådan

Related terms

• dana
• don

References

• dan in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• dan in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• -nad, and

Tarpia

Noun

dan

1. water

References

• Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 128

Tausug

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daqan.

Adjective

dān

1. old (of things)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zalan.

Noun

dān

1. path; trail; way

Volapük

Noun

dan (uncountable dans)

1. thanks

Declension

Warembori

Noun

dan

1. water

References

• Mark Donohue, Warembori, Lincom Europa, 1999

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dan/
• Rhymes: -an

Etymology 1

Soft mutation of tan (“under”). From Proto-Brythonic *tan, from Proto-Celtic *tanai, dative of *tanā, from Proto-Indo-European *tn̥néh₂.

Preposition

dan (triggers soft mutation on a following noun)

1. under

   Synonym: islaw

2. (literary) Soft mutation of tan (“under”).

   Synonym: islaw

Usage notes

In literary Welsh, tan can mean both "under" and "until". In Welsh usage today, however, dan (originally the soft mutation of tan) has become a preposition in its own right with the meaning "under" whereas tan means "until", retaining the meaning "under" in certain expressions, compound words and place names. Modern dan or tan are not usually mutated. o dan is an alternative to dan.

Inflection

Alternative forms

• o dan

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tan	dan	nhan	than
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology 2

Verb

dan

1. (North Wales) first-person plural present colloquial of bod

Synonyms

• ydym, ŷm (literary)
• ŷn (South Wales)

Mutation

Dan does not mutate.

Western Maninkakan

Noun

dan

1. border

Wogeo

Noun

dan

1. (fresh) water

References

• Mats Exter, Phonetik und Phonologie des Wogeo (2003), Arbeitspapier, Neue Folge 46, Colonha, Institut für Sprachwissenschaft, Universität Köln, page 65
• Stephen Adolphe Wurm, New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study (1976)

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• dẹn (Òǹkò)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dã̄/

Verb

dan

1. (transitive) to counteract or neutralize someone's charm or spell

   àwọn ológùn-ún dan araa wọn ― The men with ritual powers neutralized each other's spells

Derived terms

• ìdan
• ẹ̀dan (“neutralizing charm”)
• adan

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• dẹ́n (Òǹkò)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dã́/

Verb

dán

1. (intransitive, copulative, stative, descriptive) to shine, to be smooth

   àwọ̀ ọ́ dán ― The skin is shining

2. (transitive) to polish or shine something
3. (transitive) to boast

   Synonyms: dánnu, janu

4. (transitive) to scrape or smoothen something; to shave

   Synonym: fá

   ó dán orí rẹ̀ ― He shaved his head

Usage notes

• Sense 3 is primarily used in the form dánnu

Derived terms