dese

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See also: desé, desè, dése, dèse, and děse

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Representing a colloquial pronunciation of these.

Pronunciation[edit]

Determiner[edit]

dese

  1. (slang, nonstandard) these

Pronoun[edit]

dese

  1. (slang, nonstandard) these

Anagrams[edit]

Galician[edit]

Verb[edit]

dese

  1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of dar

Middle Dutch[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Determiner[edit]

dēse

  1. this, these
    • 1249, Schepenbrief van Bochoute, Velzeke, eastern Flanders:
      Descepenen van bochouta quedden alle degene die dese lettren sien selen i(n) onsen here.
      The aldermen of Bochoute address all who will see this letter by our lord.

Inflection[edit]

Determiner
Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural
Nominative dēse dēse dit dēse
Accusative dēsen dēse dit dēse
Genitive dēses dēser dēses dēser
Dative dēsen deser dēsen dēsen


  • dees is a common alternative form of dese.
  • dis is also found in the neuter genitive.

Descendants[edit]

  • Dutch: deze, dit
  • Limburgish: deze

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

dese

  1. Alternative form of deis (dais)

Etymology 2[edit]

Determiner[edit]

dese

  1. Alternative form of þes (these)

Old High German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *þat, whence also Old English þes.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

dese

  1. this

Inflection[edit]

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Descendants[edit]

Pali[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

dese

  1. inflection of desa (place):
    1. locative singular
    2. accusative plural

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Verb[edit]

dese (Cyrillic spelling десе)

  1. third-person plural present of desiti

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈdese/ [ˈd̪e.se]
  • Rhymes: -ese
  • Syllabification: de‧se

Etymology 1[edit]

Contraction of de ese.

Contraction[edit]

dese

  1. (obsolete) of that, from that (followed by a masculine noun in plural)
Related terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

dese m (plural deses)

  1. (Mexico) whatchamacallit, thingamabob

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

dese

  1. third-person singular imperative of dar combined with se

Further reading[edit]

Volapük[edit]

Preposition[edit]

dese

  1. from out of