dens

English

Noun

dens

1. Plural form of den

Anagrams

• ends
• neds
• send

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Danish

Pronoun

dens (nominative den, objective den)

1. its, possessive form of den

See also

Danish personal pronouns

Number	Person	Inflection	Nominative	Accusative	Possessive	Reflexive	Reflexive possessive
Singular	First	common	jeg	mig	min
		neuter			mit
		plural			mine
	Second	common	du	dig	din
		neuter			dit
		plural			dine
		formal	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	masculine	han	ham	hans	sig	sin
		feminine	hun	hende	hendes
		common	den	den	dens
		neuter	det	det	dets		sit
		plural					sine
Plural	First	—	vi	os	vores
		common			vor
		neuter			vort
		plural			vore
	Second	–	I	jer	jeres
		formal	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	–	de	dem	deres	sig

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Latin

dēns (a tooth)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts, *h₃dónts. Cognates include Ancient Greek ὀδών (odṓn), Sanskrit दत् (dát) and Old English tōþ (English tooth).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /deːns/

• Audio (Classical)

  (file)

• (Ecclesiastical) IPA: /denz/

Noun

dēns (genitive dentis); m, third declension

1. tooth
2. (by extension) a spike, prong, or any tooth-like projection
3. (figuratively) envy, ill will

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	dēns	dentēs
genitive	dentis	dentium
dative	dentī	dentibus
accusative	dentem	dentēs 1
ablative	dente	dentibus
vocative	dēns	dentēs

¹ May also be dentīs.

Derived terms

dentālis dentālia dentārius dentarpaga dentātus

denticulātus denticulus dentidūcum dentifrangibulus dentifricium

dentilegus dentiō dentītiō dentix

Descendants

Aromanian: dinte Catalan: dent Dalmatian: diant French: dent Friulian: dint Galician: dente Interlingua: dente Italian: dente

Occitan: dent Portuguese: dente Romanian: dinte Romansch: dent Sardinian: dènte Sicilian: denti Spanish: diente Venetian: dénte