dese

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

English

Etymology

Representing a colloquial pronunciation of these.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diːz/
• Rhymes: -iːz

Determiner

dese

1. (slang, nonstandard) these

Pronoun

dese

1. (slang, nonstandard) these

Anagrams

• seed, sede, EDES, dees, Seed, Edes

Galician

Verb

dese

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

Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

• deze

Etymology

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Determiner

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

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

• Dutch: deze, dit
• Limburgish: deze

See also

• die

Further reading

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

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

dese

1. Alternative form of deis (“dais”)

Etymology 2

Determiner

dese

1. Alternative form of þes (“these”)

Old High German

Alternative forms

• these

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈde.ze/

Pronoun

dese

1. this

Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle High German:
  • German: dieser
• Cimbrian: diiza, disa (Luserna)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀤𑁂𑀲𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• देसे (Devanagari script)
• দেসে (Bengali script)
• දෙසෙ (Sinhalese script)
• ဒေသေ or ၻေသေ (Burmese script)
• เทเส (Thai script)
• ᨴᩮᩈᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ເທເສ (Lao script)
• ទេសេ (Khmer script)
• 𑄘𑄬𑄥𑄬 (Chakma script)

Noun

dese

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

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

dese (Cyrillic spelling десе)

1. third-person plural present of desiti

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Contraction of de ese.

Contraction

dese

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

Related terms

• desa
• desas
• deso
• desos

 

Noun

dese m (plural deses)

1. (Mexico) whatchamacallit, thingamabob

Etymology 2

Verb

dese

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

Further reading

• “dese”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Volapük

Preposition

dese

1. from out of