dus

See also: duś, dús, dûs, duș, duş, đus, D'us, düş, and Duś

Danish

Adjective

dus

1. (largely historical) in a relationship that would warrant use of the informal du, as opposed to the formal De
2. (by extension) familiar with
   • 2016, Gustav Wied, Livsens ondskab, Lindhardt og Ringhof →ISBN

     Men Landbruget? spurgte Degnen, der jo havde været Dus med Vorherre i femogtyve Aar, baade Hellig og Søgn og derfor tog ham med forholdsvis Ro

     But the farming? the deacon asked, who, as is known, has been intimate with our lord in twenty-five years, on the holidays as on the everydays, and who therefore took him with relative calm

   • 2016, Lars Daneskov, Far på færde, Politikens Forlag →ISBN

     Jeg kender mænd, der i perioder har kunnet samtlige tilbud i TV-Shop udenad og været dus med hovedpersonerne i enhver australsk sitcom sendt på en kabelkanal om natten.

     I know men who, in periods, have known all offers in TV-Shop by rote and been highly familiar with the protagonists in each Australian sitcom sent on a cable-channel in the night.

   • 1982, Det Danske bogmarked

     De fleste af vore seriøse forlag er eller har været mere end dus med begrebet.

     Most of our serious publishers are or have been more than familiar with the concept.

   • 2011, Jesper Kaae, Gratis CMS med Joomla (2. udg), Libris Media A/S →ISBN, page 81

     Og faktisk skal du også helst være dus med et billedredigeringsprogram som f. eks. Photoshop.

     And in fact, you should, preferably, be familiar with an image editor like Photoshop.

Usage notes

The formal De is all but abandoned outside of certain very impersonal contexts, and using du is never rude.

Coordinate terms

• Des

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dos, dus, from Old Dutch thus, from Proto-Germanic *þus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʏs/

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Adverb

dus

1. thus, so, ergo

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dy/

• Audio

  (file)

Verb

dus

1. first-person singular past historic of devoir
2. second-person singular past historic of devoir

Verb

dus m pl

1. masculine plural of the past participle of devoir

Anagrams

• sud

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German

Alternative forms

• du's

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duːs/
• Hyphenation: dus

Contraction

dus

1. Contraction of du es.
   • 1843, Brothers Grimm, “Der Froschkönig oder der eiserne Heinrich”, in Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, Band 1‎^[1], 5th edition, pages 3-4:

     „Königstochter, jüngste, mach mir auf, weißt du nicht was gestern du zu mir gesagt bei dem kühlen Brunnenwasser? Königstochter, jüngste, mach mir auf.“ Da sagte der König „hast dus versprochen, so mußt dus auch halten; geh nur und mach ihm auf.“

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

Guinea-Bissau Creole cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : dus

Etymology

From Portuguese dois. Cognates with Kabuverdianu dos.

Numeral

dus

1. two (2)

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Latvian

Verb

dus

1. (deprecated template usage) 3rd person singular present indicative form of dusēt
2. (deprecated template usage) 3rd person plural present indicative form of dusēt
3. (with the particle lai) (deprecated template usage) 3rd person singular imperative form of dusēt
4. (with the particle lai) (deprecated template usage) 3rd person plural imperative form of dusēt

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch thus, from Proto-Germanic *þus.

Adverb

dus

1. thus, in this way
2. therefore

Alternative forms

• dos

Derived terms

• aldus

Descendants

• Dutch: dus
• Limburgish: dös

Further reading

• “dus”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “dus”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

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Miskito

Noun

dus

1. tree

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Norman

Verb

1. first-person singular preterite of d'ver

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Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtuːs/

Pronoun

dūs

1. locative of don

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Old French

Noun

dus m

1. inflection of duc:
   1. oblique plural
   2. nominative singular

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dus]

Verb

dus (past participle of duce)

1. gone, led

Declension

Declension of dus

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	dus		dusă	duși	duse
	definite	dusul		dusa	dușii	dusele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	dus		duse	duși	duse
	definite	dusului		dusei	dușilor	duselor

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Puter, Vallader) duos

Etymology

From Latin duōs, masculine accusative of duo.

Numeral

dus m (feminine duas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) two

Usage notes

Only Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, and Sutsilvan have a separate feminine form; in Surmiran, dus is epicene.

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Westrobothnian

Noun

From .

Noun

1. Roaring, whizzing, noise (of water or wind.)

Adjective

1. Bold, enterprising.