des

Etymology 1

Contraction of de es

Etymology 2

Conjugated form of dar

Conjunction

des

1. the

   Jo større den er, des gladere bliver jeg.

   The larger it is, the gladder I shall be.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛs/

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Article

des

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

Conjunction

des

1. the ... the (used 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!

Etymology

From German desto.

Particle

des

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

   • Ju pli mi lernas, des pli mi scias.

     The more I learn, the more I know.

See also

• ju

Etymology

Hindi देश (deś).

Noun

des

1. country

   India ek prachin des hae.

   India is an old country.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdes/

Noun

des

1. (music) D-flat

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛ/, /de/

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Article

des m pl, 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.

Contraction

des

1. Contraction of de + les (of the, from the, some).

Further reading

• “des” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

From Latin dē + ex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /des/

Preposition

des

1. since
2. from (a location)

References

• “des” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “des” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.

Pronunciation

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

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Article

des (definite, genitive singular)

1. the; genitive singular masculine of der
2. the; genitive singular neuter of der

Verb

dēs

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of dō

Article

des

1. inflection of die:
   1. masculine genitive singular
   2. neuter genitive singular

Etymology

From Latin dē (“of”) + ex (“out of”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /des̺/

Preposition

des

1. since (from a time)
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 188 (facsimile):

     q̇ mui de coraçon ſenpre a amou des menỹnez

     who loved her very heartily since childhood

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /des/

Adjective

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

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /des/, [d̪es]

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Etymology

From English desk.

Noun

des

1. desk

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deːs/

Verb

des

1. (colloquial) first-person singular preterite of dod

Mutation

Numeral

des ?

1. (cardinal) ten