Dosis

See also: dosis and dösis

German

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”), from Proto-Hellenic *dótis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdoːzɪs]

• Audio:

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Noun

Dosis f (genitive Dosis, plural Dosen)

1. dose
2. (slang) a shot (of an illicit drug)

Declension

Declension of Dosis [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Dosis	die	Dosen
genitive	einer	der	Dosis	der	Dosen
dative	einer	der	Dosis	den	Dosen
accusative	eine	die	Dosis	die	Dosen

Further reading

• “Dosis” in Duden online
• “Dosis” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache