dans

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑns
• IPA: /dɑns/

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Noun

dans c. (plural dansen, diminutive dansje)

1. dance

Verb

dans

1. first-person singular present indicative of dansen.
2. imperative of dansen.

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Faroese

Noun

dans m.

1. accusative singular of dansur
2. genitive singular of dansur

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French

Etymology 1

Vulgar Latin de intus or deintus, meaning "from inside" or "from within".

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /dɑ̃/, SAMPA: /dA~/

Preposition

dans

1. in (inside)
   • 1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche^{fr.Wikisource}, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I:

     Dans une bourgade de la Manche, dont je ne veux pas me rappeler le nom, vivait, il n’y a pas longtemps, un hidalgo ....

     In a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not want to remember, lived, not long ago, an hidalgo ....

   Il habite dans le quartier le plus riche de Paris.

   He lives in the richest district of Paris.

2. in, into (from outside, to inside)

   Mettre l'argent dans la poche.

   Put money into one's pocket.

3. in (within a period of time)

   Je serai prêt dans une heure.

   I'll be ready in one hour.

4. out of, from

   Il prend le beurre dans le réfrigérateur.

   He takes the butter out of the fridge.

See also

• dedans
• en

Etymology 2

see dan.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dan/, SAMPA: /dan/

Noun

dans m. pl.

1. Plural form of dan.

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Icelandic

Noun

dans m.

1. dance

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Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of dō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /daːns/

Participle

dāns m., f., and n. (genitive dantis); third declension

1. giving
2. offering, rendering
3. yielding, conceding

Inflection

Number	Singular			Plural
Case \ Gender	M.F.	N.		MM.FF.	NN.
nominative	dāns	dāns		dantēs	dantia
genitive	dantis	dantis		dantium	dantium
dative	dantī	dantī		dantibus	dantibus
accusative	dantem	dāns		dantēs	dantia
ablative	dante1	dante1		dantibus	dantibus
vocative	dāns	dāns		dantēs	dantia

¹ But dantī when used purely as an adjective.

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Romanian

Etymology

French danse, Italian danza, German Tanz

Noun

dans n. (plural dansuri)

1. dance

Declension

declension of dans

	singular		plural
gender n.	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un dans	dansul	niște dansuri	dansurile
genitive/dative	unui dans	dansului	unor dansuri	dansurilor

Related terms

• dansa

Alternative forms

• danț

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

dans c.

1. dance

Declension

Declension of dans

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dans	dansen	danser	danserna
genitive	dans	dansens	dansers	dansernas

Related terms

• dansa
• dansare

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Turkish

Etymology

From French danse.

Noun

dans

1. dance (movements to music)

This Turkish entry was created from the translations listed at dance. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see dans in the Turkish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) July 2009