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des

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Desano.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Desano terms

des

1. (medicine, colloquial) Desflurane.

des

1. plural of de

• sed, eds, Eds, Esd., SDE, EDS, EDs, SED, eds., DSE, ESD

From Proto-Athabaskan *da̓z and therefore cognate with Navajo -DÁÁZ, Lower Tanana doth.

des

1. to be heavy

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Neuter	des	des	des	des
Transitional	diis	diis	diis	diis
Durative	des	des	des	des

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, pages 152-153

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeːs/

Cognate with German German das.

• 's (unstressed form)

des

1. this, that
2. it (nominative and accusative)

   Synonym: es

The pronoun des is always definite, i.e. referring to a noun or statement. For impersonal usage, see es.

des n

1. the

Learned borrowing from German des.

des

1. (higher register or poetic, Tyrol, Lower Austria, Styria) singular masculine and neuter genitive case of the definite article: of the
   • 1844, Johann Gabriel Seidl, Gedichte in niederösterreichischer Mundart, Druck und Verlag von J. P. Sollinger, Wien, page 210:

     Fragt má-r um den Grund des Wunders?

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   • 1854, Gedichte im Tiroler Dialecte. Von C. v. L., p. 21 (in the poem Der Sommer. Im Kitzbichler Dialecte):

     Ge mooch a wenggail Stond
     Schau, weil i nett des Wegs a bi
     Oft thoan ma dlei mitnond
     Ey schaula Oergaill gest a zweg
     Schaugst gwiß dar Olma zua
     Oft had ma schia n dleichn Weg
     Hun höchst a besi Kua.

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   • 1870, Zither und Hackbret. Gedichte in obersteirischer Mundart von P. K. Rosegger. Mit einem Vorworte von Robert Hamerling, (Druck und Verlag von Josef Pock, Graz und Leipzig), p. 133:

     Und host bu bis des Priesters Hond
     Erhebt des Kelches Wein,
     Den Thurm erbaut zum Himmelsfol,
     So bist du wieda mein!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1885, Edelweiß. Gedichte in niederösterreichischer Mundart von J. G. Hauer. Mit einem Vorworte von P. K. Rosegger, (Druck und Verlag von Carl Gerold's Sohn, Wien), p. 133:

     Bet s dr Engl des Herrn o,
     Moch drauf wieda s Kreuz:

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Inherited from Late Latin de ēx.

• (Balearic, Central, Valencia) IPA^(key): /des/

des

1. from

• des de
• des que

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /dəs/
• (Valencia) IPA^(key): /des/

des

1. contraction of de +‎ es

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

des (obsolete)

1. inflection of dar:
   1. second-person singular present subjunctive
   2. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “des”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

From Proto-Athabaskan *deˑšʷ.

des

1. river

• Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical Lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 136

des

1. nominative/accusative singular neuter of dèar

   Des ist 's khint dar main sbéstare. ― This is my sister's child.

   Des ist an guuts baip. ― This is a good woman.

des

1. nominative/accusative singular neuter of dèar

   Des ròss is net main. ― This horse is not mine.

• “des” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974), Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

des

1. the

   Jo større den er, des gladere bliver jeg.

   The larger it is, the gladder I shall be.

• jo, desto

• IPA^(key): /dɛs/

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• Hyphenation: des
• Rhymes: -ɛs

des f (plural dessen, diminutive desje n)

1. (music) D-flat

• IPA^(key): /dɛs/

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• Hyphenation: des
• Rhymes: -ɛs

des m (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. DES (diethylstilbestrol)

• DES

• IPA^(key): /dɛs/, (historic) /dəs/

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• Hyphenation: des

des

1. (archaic) genitive singular masculine/neuter of de (“the”)

• Note that normally only the nominative de/het is used. The other forms are archaic, but survive in numerous idiomatic expressions such as des huizes, des morgens (itself archaic and shortened, like similar expressions, to 's morgens in contemporary Dutch).
• The current pronunciation is a spelling pronunciation. Before the word became archaic, it was pronounced with a schwa, /dəs/.

• 's (contraction)

des

1. (archaic) genitive singular of dat (“that”)

   Hij was des bewust te dien tijde. ― He was aware of that at that time.

des

1. the ... the (used with te as an intensifier to indicate the degree of an action)

   Des te vaker de mensen Willem de rug toekeren des te beter! ― The more often people turn their back at Willem the better!

• des te

Cognate to German des.

des

1. (Silesian, Gebirgsschlesisch, Breslauisch, genitive) of the

Derived from Swedish and German desto.

• IPA^(key): /des/

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• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: des

des

1. the; used with ju and either pli (“more”) or malpli (“less”) to form the second half of a coordinated comparative.

   Ju pli mi lernas, des pli mi scias.

   The more I learn, the more I know.

   • 1903, Ben Elmy, “La Lingvo de la floroj”, in The Esperantist: The Esperanto Gazette for the Spreading of the International Language, page 138:

     Ju pli ni studas la florojn, des pli ni konstatas, ke multe da ili posedas nesuspektitajn lertecojn, kiujn apud besto ni volonte nomus instinkto aŭ еĉ prudento.

     The more we study the flowers, the more we establish that many of them possess unexpected abilities, which in an animal we would willingly call instinct or even foresight.

   • 2012, Plato, translated by Donald Broadribb, La Respubliko (Traduko al Esperanto), Mondial, →ISBN, page 18:

     Vi bone scias ke ju pli velkas miaj aliaj korpaj plezuroj, des pli kreskas miaj deziro kaj plezuro je diskutado.

     You know well that the more my other bodily pleasures wither, the more my desire and pleasure for discussion grow.

• ju

• “des”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “des”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Inherited from Awadhi देस (des).

des

1. country

   India ek prachin des hae.

   India is an old country.

From German Des (German key notation).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdes/, [ˈde̞s̠]
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification^(key): des
• Hyphenation^(key): des

des

1. (music) D-flat

Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys.

des

1. plural of un

The use as an article is a special case of the contraction.

• IPA^(key): /de/, (before a vowel) /de.z‿/
• IPA^(key): /dɛ/, (before a vowel) /dɛ.z‿/

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des m pl or f pl

1. plural of un (“some”, the plural indefinite article)
2. plural of une (“some”, the plural indefinite article)
3. plural of du (“some”, the plural partitive article)
4. plural of de la (“some”, the plural partitive article)
5. plural of de l' (“some”, the plural partitive article)

• The plural indefinite article des is elided when it would follow the preposition de.

• et des

des

1. contraction of de +‎ les, literally “of the, from the, some”

• “des”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

From Latin dē + ex.

• IPA^(key): /des/

des

1. since
2. from (a location)

• des que
• desde

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “des”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “des”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

• -'s

• IPA^(key): /dəs/ (generally)
• IPA^(key): /dɛs/ (when stressed, which is rare)

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des

1. genitive masculine/neuter singular of der: the

des

1. (dialectal) alternative form of das

Guinea-Bissau Creole cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : des

From Portuguese dez. Cognate with Kabuverdianu dés.

des

1. ten (10)

Borrowed from German Des. Equivalent to D +‎ -es.

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛːs]

des n (genitive singular des or dess, nominative plural des)

1. (music) D flat

• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “des”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Mörður Árnason (2019), Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdeːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛs]

dēs

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of dō

• dex, dés (Western orthographies)
• déss (Eastern orthographies)

From Latin decem.

• IPA^(key): /des/, [deːs]
• IPA^(key): /des/, [deːh], [deːʰ], [deː] (High Brescian and Bergamasque)
• IPA^(key): /des/, [deːʃ] (Ticinese and Valtellinese)

des

1. ten

Borrowed from Dutch dus (“so”), from Middle Dutch dos, dus, from Old Dutch thus, from Proto-West Germanic *þus.

des

1. so

• Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sulawesi Utara (2021), Kamus Dwibahasa Melayu Manado-Indonesia (in Indonesian), Manado: Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sulawesi Utara

From Latin densus.^[1][2]

des

1. frequent, often
2. abundant, copious
3. dense, thick

des

1. masculine/neuter genitive singular of die

des

1. alternative form of deis (“dais”)

des

1. plural of de (“die”)

des

1. alternative form of dees (“die”)

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈdɛs̠/

dës

1. masculine/neuter genitive singular of dër

Inherited from Late Latin dē ex.

• IPA^(key): /des̺/

des

1. since (from a time)
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 188 (facsimile):

     q̇ mui de coraçon ſenpre a amou des menỹnez

     who loved her very heartily since childhood

• Galician: des
• Portuguese: dês

Forms combined with de:

• Fala: desde
• Galician: desde
• Portuguese: desde

Piedmontese cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : des

From Latin decem, from Proto-Italic *dekem. Cognates include Italian diece and French dix.

• IPA^(key): /des/

des

1. ten

Inherited from Latin dēnsus (“dense; frequent”), from Proto-Indo-European *dens- (“thick, dense”). Doublet of dens, a borrowing.

• IPA^(key): /des/

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des m or n (feminine singular deasă, masculine plural deși, feminine/neuter plural dese)

1. frequent

   Antonym: rar

2. abundant, copious
3. dense, thick

des

1. often

• desiș

• îndesa

• dens

• IPA^(key): /ˈdes/ [ˈd̪es]
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: des

Inherited from Old Spanish des, from Late Latin dē ex.

des

1. (rare) synonym of desde

• “des”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

des f pl

1. plural of de

des

1. inflection of dar:
   1. second-person singular present subjunctive
   2. second-person singular voseo present subjunctive

From English desk.

des

1. desk

• Volker, C. A. (general editor), et al. (2008), Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin English Dictionary, Oxford University Press in association with Wantok Niuspepa, →ISBN, page 15

• deles (colloquial)
• deses (colloquial)
• dethes (colloquial)
• deuthum (literary)
• dois (colloquial)

• IPA^(key): /deːs/

des

1. first-person singular preterite colloquial of dod

From Proto-Iranian *dáca (“ten”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ (“ten”).

des

1. ten