taks

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See also: Taks and täks

English[edit]

Verb[edit]

taks

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tak

Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /taks/, [ˈtˢɑɡ̊s]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin taxus.

Noun[edit]

taks c (singular definite taksen, plural indefinite taks)

  1. yew (a busk or a tree, Taxus baccata)
Declension[edit]
Declension of taks
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative taks taksen taks taksene
genitive taks' taksens taks' taksenes
References[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse *þǫx, from Proto-Germanic *þahsuz, cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk svintoks, Swedish tax (“dachshund”), German Dachs, Dutch das. The Danish word may be a younger loan from German Low German Tacks (perhaps itself borrowed from Frisian, cf. Saterland Frisian Taks).

Noun[edit]

taks c (singular definite taksen, plural indefinite takse)

  1. (obsolete) badger
    Synonym: grævling
  2. (obsolete) dachshund
    Synonym: gravhund
Declension[edit]
Declension of taks
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative taks taksen takse taksene
genitive taks' taksens takses taksenes
References[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

taks c

  1. indefinite genitive singular of tak

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch taxe, from Old French taxe, from Latin taxa.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tɑks/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: taks
  • Rhymes: -ɑks

Noun[edit]

taks f (plural taksen, diminutive taksje n)

  1. (chiefly Belgium) tax
  2. fee, amount, share

Usage notes[edit]

Taks is a common Belgian Dutch word for “tax”. The equivalent term in the Netherlands is belasting and taks has more limited use there, mostly for brevity and in fixed expressions like vlaktaks.

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Icelandic[edit]

Noun[edit]

taks n

  1. indefinite genitive singular of tak

Scots[edit]

Verb[edit]

taks

  1. third-person singular present indicative of tak

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

taks

  1. indefinite genitive singular of tak
  2. indefinite genitive plural of tak

Anagrams[edit]

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