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English
Verb
taks
- third-person singular simple present indicative of tak
Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin taxus.
Noun
taks c (singular definite taksen, plural indefinite taks)
- yew (a busk or a tree, Taxus baccata)
Declension
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Etymology 2
From Old Norse *þǫx, from Proto-Germanic *þahsuz, cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk svintoks, Swedish tax (“dachshund”), German Dachs, Dutch das. The Danish word may be a younger loan from German Low German Tacks (perhaps itself borrowed from Frisian, cf. Saterland Frisian Taks).
Noun
taks c (singular definite taksen, plural indefinite takse)
- (obsolete) badger
- Synonym: grævling
- (obsolete) dachshund
- Synonym: gravhund
Declension
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Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
taks c
- indefinite genitive singular of tak
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch taxe, from Old French taxe, from Latin taxa.
Pronunciation
Noun
taks f (plural taksen, diminutive taksje n)
- (chiefly Belgium) tax
- fee, amount, share
Usage notes
Taks is a common Belgian Dutch word for “tax”. The equivalent term in the Netherlands is belasting and taks has more limited use there, mostly for brevity and in fixed expressions like vlaktaks.
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Icelandic
Noun
taks n
- indefinite genitive singular of tak
Scots
Verb
taks
- third-person singular present indicative of tak
Slovincian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Taxe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtaks/
- Rhymes: -aks
- Syllabification: taks
Noun
taks m inan
- (administration) tax; fee (fixed official fee charged for certain services)
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Swedish
Noun
taks
- indefinite genitive singular of tak
- indefinite genitive plural of tak
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