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dese

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

English

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Etymology

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Representing a colloquial pronunciation of these.

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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dese

  1. (slang, nonstandard) these

Pronoun

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dese

  1. (slang, nonstandard) these

Anagrams

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Galician

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Verb

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dese

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

Middle Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Determiner

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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

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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

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  • Dutch: deze, dit
  • Limburgish: deze

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Further reading

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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dese

  1. Alternative form of deis (“dais”)

Etymology 2

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Determiner

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dese

  1. Alternative form of þes (“these”)

Old High German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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dese

  1. this

Inflection

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Descendants

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Alternative scripts

Noun

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dese

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

Serbo-Croatian

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Verb

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dese (Cyrillic spelling десе)

  1. third-person plural present of desiti

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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Contraction of de ese.

Contraction

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dese

  1. (obsolete) of that, from that (followed by a masculine noun in plural)
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Noun

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dese m (plural deses)

  1. (Mexico) whatchamacallit, thingamabob

Etymology 2

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Verb

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dese

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

Further reading

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Volapük

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Preposition

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dese

  1. from out of
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