des

See also Appendix:Variations of "des"

Dutch

Adjective

des (not comparable)

1. used as an intensifier to indicate the degree of an action

   Des te vaker de mensen Willem de rug toekeren des te beter! — The more often people turn their back at Willem the better!

Article

des (genitive definite)

1. (archaic) genitive singular masculine of de; of the
2. (archaic) genitive singular neuter of het; of the

Synonyms

• 's

Declension

Dutch definite article
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	de	de	het	de
Genitive	des	der	des	der
Dative	den	de	den	den
Accusative	den	de	het	de

Usage notes

Note that normally only the nominative is used. The other forms are archaic, but survive in numerous idiomatic expressions

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Esperanto

Particle

des

1. the; used with ju and either pli (“more”) or malpli (“less”) to form the second half of a coordinated comparative.
   • 1903, Ben Elmy, “La Lingvo de la floroj”, in The Esperantist: The Esperanto Gazette for the Spreading of the International Language, page 138,

     Ju pli ni studas la florojn, des pli ni konstatas, ke multe da ili posedas nesuspektitajn lertecojn, kiujn apud besto ni volonte nomus instinkto au еĉ prudento.

     “The more we study the flowers, the more we establish that many of them possess unexpected abilities, which in an animal we would willingly call instinct or even foresight.”

See also

• ju

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /dɛ/, SAMPA: /dE/

Etymology

The use as an article is a special case of the contraction.

Article

des m. and f. pl.

1. plural of un, une, du, de la, de l’-; some; the plural indefinite and partitive article.

Contraction

des

1. contraction of de les: of the, from the, some.

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɛs/

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Article

des (definite, genitive singular)

1. the; genitive singular masculine of der
2. the; genitive singular neuter of der

Declension

German definite articles
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	der	die	das	die
Genitive	des	der	des	der
Dative	dem	der	dem	den
Accusative	den	die	das	die

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Latin

Verb

dēs

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of dō

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Lojban

Rafsi

des

1. Rafsi of desku.

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin dēnsus (“dense; frequent”).

Adjective

des

1. frequent, often
2. abundant, copious
3. dense, thick

Antonyms

• (frequent): rar

Related terms

• îndesa

See also

• dens

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Spanish

Verb

des (infinitive dar)

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of dar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of dar.