daas

See also: Daas and DaaS

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daːs/

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• Hyphenation: daas
• Rhymes: -aːs

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch daes, likely a doublet of dwaas.

Adjective

daas (comparative dazer, superlative meest daas or daast)

1. foolish, dull, silly

Declension

Declension of daas
uninflected	daas
inflected	daze
comparative	dazer
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		daas	dazer	het daast het daaste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	daze	dazere	daaste
	n. sing.	daas	dazer	daaste
	plural	daze	dazere	daaste
definite		daze	dazere	daaste
partitive		daas	dazers	—

Derived terms

• dazen

Related terms

• bedeesd

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch dauese, probably from the adjectival sense (see Etymology 1). A direct descent from Proto-West Germanic *dawas, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰowos- (“botfly”), has also been proposed (Goossens 1985).

Noun

daas m (plural dazen, diminutive daasje n)

1. horse-fly, blood-sucking fly of the family Tabanidae