dese

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See also: desé, desè, dése, dèse, and děse

English

Etymology

Representing a colloquial pronunciation of these.

Pronunciation

Determiner

dese

  1. (slang, nonstandard) these

Pronoun

dese

  1. (slang, nonstandard) these

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

dese

  1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of dar

Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Determiner

dēse

  1. this, these
    • 1249, Schepenbrief van Bochoute, Velzeke, eastern Flanders:
      Descepenen van bochouta quedden alle degene die dese lettren sien selen i(n) onsen here.
      The aldermen of Bochoute address all who will see this letter by our lord.

Inflection

Determiner
Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural
Nominative dēse dēse dit dēse
Accusative dēsen dēse dit dēse
Genitive dēses dēser dēses dēser
Dative dēsen deser dēsen dēsen


  • dees is a common alternative form of dese.
  • dis is also found in the neuter genitive.

Descendants

  • Dutch: deze, dit
  • Limburgish: deze

See also

Further reading

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

dese

  1. Alternative form of deis (“dais”)

Etymology 2

Determiner

dese

  1. Alternative form of þes (“these”)

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þat, whence also Old English þes.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

dese

  1. this

Inflection

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Descendants

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

Noun

dese

  1. inflection of desa (“place”):
    1. locative singular
    2. accusative plural

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

dese (Cyrillic spelling десе)

  1. third-person plural present of desiti

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdese/
  • Rhymes: -ese
  • Syllabification: de‧se

Etymology 1

Contraction of de ese.

Contraction

dese

  1. (obsolete) of that, from that (followed by a masculine noun in plural)
Related terms

Noun

dese m (plural deses)

  1. (Mexico) whatchamacallit, thingamabob

Etymology 2

Verb

dese

  1. third-person singular imperative of dar combined with se

Further reading

Volapük

Preposition

dese

  1. from out of
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