From Dutch danser, from Middle Dutch danser. Equivalent to dans + -er.
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danser (plural dansers)
danser c (singular definite danseren, plural indefinite dansere)
danser
From Middle Dutch danser. Equivalent to dansen + -er.
danser m (plural dansers, diminutive dansertje n, feminine danseres)
Inherited from Middle French danser, from Old French dancer, dancier (“to dance”), perhaps of Germanic origin, from Frankish *þansōn (“to draw, pull, stretch (oneself), gesture”), a variant of *dinsan. Displaced Old French baller, from Latin ballare (“to dance”). Cognate with Old High German dansōn (“to draw, pull”), Old Dutch þinsan (“to move, tear”), Old High German dinsan (“to draw out”), Gothic 𐌸𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌽 (þinsan, “to drag, draw, pull”), Old English þennan, þenian (“to stretch, stretch out, spread out, extend”), German dehnen (“to stretch, extend”). Related to thin.
danser
| infinitive | simple | danser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | dansant /dɑ̃.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | dansé /dɑ̃.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | danse /dɑ̃s/ |
danses /dɑ̃s/ |
danse /dɑ̃s/ |
dansons /dɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
dansez /dɑ̃.se/ |
dansent /dɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect | dansais /dɑ̃.sɛ/ |
dansais /dɑ̃.sɛ/ |
dansait /dɑ̃.sɛ/ |
dansions /dɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
dansiez /dɑ̃.sje/ |
dansaient /dɑ̃.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | dansai /dɑ̃.se/ |
dansas /dɑ̃.sa/ |
dansa /dɑ̃.sa/ |
dansâmes /dɑ̃.sam/ |
dansâtes /dɑ̃.sat/ |
dansèrent /dɑ̃.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | danserai /dɑ̃.sʁe/ |
danseras /dɑ̃.sʁa/ |
dansera /dɑ̃.sʁa/ |
danserons /dɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
danserez /dɑ̃.sʁe/ |
danseront /dɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | danserais /dɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
danserais /dɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
danserait /dɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
danserions /dɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
danseriez /dɑ̃.sə.ʁje/ |
danseraient /dɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | danse /dɑ̃s/ |
danses /dɑ̃s/ |
danse /dɑ̃s/ |
dansions /dɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
dansiez /dɑ̃.sje/ |
dansent /dɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect2 | dansasse /dɑ̃.sas/ |
dansasses /dɑ̃.sas/ |
dansât /dɑ̃.sa/ |
dansassions /dɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
dansassiez /dɑ̃.sa.sje/ |
dansassent /dɑ̃.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | danse /dɑ̃s/ |
— | dansons /dɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
dansez /dɑ̃.se/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
From Old French dancier (“to dance”).
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danser m (definite singular danseren, indefinite plural dansere, definite plural danserne)
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