dess

See also: deß and dess.

English

Noun

dess (plural desses)

  1. Obsolete form of dais.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for dess in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse þess, genitive of þat

Adverb

dess

  1. the, when used with two comparatives.
    Dess tynnere røret er, dess større er høydeforskjellen, ...
    The thinner the tube, the greater the difference in height, ... (Wikipedia Kapillarkrefter)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɛsː/

Adverb

dess

  1. the (With a comparative or more and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.)
    Dess sterkare, dess betre.
    The stronger, the better.

Synonyms

References

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dexswos.

Adjective

dess

  1. right (side, as opposed to left)
  2. south

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

References
  • “dess” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Swedish

Pronoun

dess

  1. (possessive) its (3rd person singular inanimate common and neuter genitive)
  2. At a specific given timen

Declension
Swedish personal pronouns
subject object possessive
singular full full common neuter plural
1st person jag mig, mej3 min mitt mina
2nd person du dig, dej2 din ditt dina
3rd person masculine han honom, han2 hans
3rd person feminine hon henne hennes
3rd person gender-neutral hen1 hen1, henom1 hens1
3rd person common den den dess
3rd person neuter det det dess
3rd person indefinite man or en6 en ens
3rd person reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
plural
1st person vi oss vår, våran2 vårt, vårat2 våra
2nd person ni er, eder5 er, eran2, eder5 ert, erat2, edert5 era, edra5
3rd person de, dom4 dem, dom4 deras
3rd person reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
1Not universally accepted.
2Informal
3Colloquial pronunciation spelling sometimes found in colloquial texts.
4Informal pronunciation spelling found very often in informal writings.
5Dated
6Dialectal, also used lately as a gender-neutral alternative to man.

Noun

dess ?

  1. (music) D-flat
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