dach

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dax]

Verb

dach

1. first-person singular preterite of daś

Etymology

From Middle High German doch, from Old High German doh, from Proto-Germanic *þauh. Cognate with German doch, Dutch doch, English though, Icelandic þó.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑχ/
• Rhymes: -ɑχ

Adverb

dach

1. (in response to a negative question or statement) yes

Etymology

From Old Dutch dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dax/

Noun

dach m

1. day

Further reading

• “dach”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “dach (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Etymology

From Old Saxon dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dax/

Noun

dach m

1. day
2. daylight, brightness

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqi, from Proto-Austronesian *Caqi. Compare Tagalog tae, Indonesian tahi and Samoan tae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðaʔ/

Noun

dach

1. excrement, feces

Etymology

From German Dach. Use of the word to mean "house" is synecdoche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dax/

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Noun

dach m inan (diminutive daszek)

1. roof
2. house, apartment

Verb

dach

1. (colloquial, North Wales) second-person plural and polite present of bod