taks

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See also: Taks and täks

English

Verb

taks

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tak

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin taxus.

Noun

taks c (singular definite taksen, plural indefinite taks)

  1. yew (a busk or a tree, Taxus baccata)
Declension
Declension of taks
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative taks taksen taks taksene
genitive taks' taksens taks' taksenes
References

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)

  1. (obsolete) badger
    Synonym: grævling
  2. (obsolete) dachshund
    Synonym: gravhund
Declension
Declension of taks
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative taks taksen takse taksene
genitive taks' taksens takses taksenes
References

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

taks c

  1. indefinite genitive singular of tak

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch taxe, from Old French taxe, from Latin taxa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɑks/
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  • Hyphenation: taks
  • Rhymes: -ɑks

Noun

taks f (plural taksen, diminutive taksje n)

  1. (chiefly Belgium) tax
  2. 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.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Icelandic

Noun

taks n

  1. indefinite genitive singular of tak

Scots

Verb

taks

  1. third-person singular present indicative of tak

Swedish

Noun

taks

  1. indefinite genitive singular of tak
  2. indefinite genitive plural of tak

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