Date
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Two main origins:
- Borrowed from Marathi दाते (dāte), from Sanskrit दाता (dātā), nominative singular of दातृ (dātṛ, “giver, donor”).
- Borrowed from Japanese 伊達 (Date, “a city in Hokkaido Prefecture”), a habitational surname.
Proper noun[edit]
Date (plural Dates)
- A surname.
- A ghost town in Perkins County, South Dakota, United States.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Date is the 37735th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 589 individuals. Date is most common among White (43.46%), Asian/Pacific Islander (32.09%) and Black/African American (13.07%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Date”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 414.
Anagrams[edit]
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English date.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Date n (strong, genitive Dates, plural Dates)
- (informal) date (romantic meeting)
- 2011, “Das ist Business”, in Jenseits von Gut und Böse, performed by Bushido:
- Hab ein Date im Jacuzzi, mit dem Playmate von Juni / Ich pump Champagne so wie Schumi
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (informal) date (person with whom one has such a meeting)
- (informal, rather rare) date (non-romantic meeting)
- 2015, “Date mit Dirk”, in Das Rote Album, performed by Tocotronic:
- Ich hab ein Date mit Dirk / Am ersten Frühlingstag / Ich hab ein Date mit Dirk / Ich will wissen ob er mich noch mag
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Date [neuter, strong]
Synonyms[edit]
- (romantic meeting): Date; Verabredung; Rendezvous; Stelldichein (archaic)
- (person met): Verabredung
- (non-romantic meeting): Termin; Treffen; Verabredung
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “Date” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Date” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Date” in Duden online
- Date on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
Date
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