vals

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See also: Vals, vāls, and vals'

English[edit]

Noun[edit]

vals

  1. plural of val

Anagrams[edit]

Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Dutch vals.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

vals (attributive valse, comparative valser, superlative valsste)

  1. counterfeit, imitation, fake

Catalan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from German Walzer.

Noun[edit]

vals m (plural valsos)

  1. waltz
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

vals

  1. second-person singular present indicative of valer
  2. second-person singular present indicative of valdre

Further reading[edit]

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From German Walzer, from walzen (to roll).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

vals c (singular definite valsen, plural indefinite valse)

  1. waltz

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch valsch, from Old French fals, from Latin falsus.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /vɑls/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: vals
  • Rhymes: -ɑls

Adjective[edit]

vals (comparative valser, superlative meest vals or valst)

  1. fake, false
    Synonym: nep
    Antonym: echt
  2. (music) off-key, out of tune
    Antonym: zuiver
  3. vicious
    • 1619, Hendrick Slatius, Ioannes Calvinus, vreedt, bitter, vals. Dat is: Corte ende cleare verbeldinghe van den aert oft gheest Ioannis Calvini ... Eerst gheteeckent door eenen liefhebber der Nederlantsche [i.e. H. Slatius], etc:
  4. (dated) incorrect, untrue

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of vals
uninflected vals
inflected valse
comparative valser
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial vals valser het valst
het valste
indefinite m./f. sing. valse valsere valste
n. sing. vals valser valste
plural valse valsere valste
definite valse valsere valste
partitive vals valsers

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Afrikaans: vals
  • Negerhollands: valsch, vals
  • Indonesian: fals (off-key, out of tune)

Anagrams[edit]

Icelandic[edit]

Noun[edit]

vals m (genitive singular vals, nominative plural valsar)

  1. waltz

Declension[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology 1[edit]

From German Walzer (sense 1), and Walze (sense 2).

Noun[edit]

vals m (definite singular valsen, indefinite plural valser, definite plural valsene)

  1. (dance) a waltz
  2. (on a machine) a roller, also a road roller
Alternative forms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

vals

  1. imperative of valse

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology[edit]

From German Walzer (sense 1), Walze (sense 2).

Noun[edit]

vals m (definite singular valsen, indefinite plural valsar, definite plural valsane)

  1. (dance) a waltz
  2. (on a machine) a roller, also a road roller

Alternative forms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Occitan[edit]

Noun[edit]

vals

  1. plural of val

Piedmontese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

vals m (plural vals)

  1. waltz

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French valse, from German Walzer.

Noun[edit]

vals n (plural valsuri)

  1. (music) waltz

Declension[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German Walzer, from walzen (to dance), from Old High German walzan (to turn), from Proto-Germanic *walt- (to turn), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (to turn).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbals/ [ˈbals]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -als
  • Syllabification: vals

Noun[edit]

vals m (uncountable)

  1. waltz

Further reading[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

vals c

  1. waltz, a dance
  2. lie, untruth
    att dra en vals
    to lie
  3. roller; a rotating cylindrical device, usually part of a machine, where it may apply or reduce pressure.
Declension[edit]
Declension of vals 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vals valsen valser valserna
Genitive vals valsens valsers valsernas
Declension of vals 3
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vals valsen valsar valsarna
Genitive vals valsens valsars valsarnas
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

vals

  1. indefinite genitive singular of val

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

vals

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

Anagrams[edit]