dus

Adjective

dus

1. (largely historical) in a relationship that would warrant use of the informal du, as opposed to the formal De
2. (by extension) familiar with
   • 2016, Gustav Wied, Livsens ondskab, Lindhardt og Ringhof →ISBN

     Men Landbruget? spurgte Degnen, der jo havde været Dus med Vorherre i femogtyve Aar, baade Hellig og Søgn og derfor tog ham med forholdsvis Ro

     But the farming? the deacon asked, who, as is known, has been intimate with our lord in twenty-five years, on the holidays as on the everydays, and who therefore took him with relative calm

   • 2016, Lars Daneskov, Far på færde, Politikens Forlag →ISBN

     Jeg kender mænd, der i perioder har kunnet samtlige tilbud i TV-Shop udenad og været dus med hovedpersonerne i enhver australsk sitcom sendt på en kabelkanal om natten.

     I know men who, in periods, have known all offers in TV-Shop by rote and been highly familiar with the protagonists in each Australian sitcom sent on a cable-channel in the night.

   • 1982, Det Danske bogmarked

     De fleste af vore seriøse forlag er eller har været mere end dus med begrebet.

     Most of our serious publishers are or have been more than familiar with the concept.

   • 2011, Jesper Kaae, Gratis CMS med Joomla (2. udg), Libris Media A/S →ISBN, page 81

     Og faktisk skal du også helst være dus med et billedredigeringsprogram som f. eks. Photoshop.

     And in fact, you should, preferably, be familiar with an image editor like Photoshop.

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dos, dus, from Old Dutch thus, from Proto-Germanic *þus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʏs/

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Adverb

dus

1. thus, so, ergo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dy/

Verb

dus

1. first-person singular past historic of devoir
2. second-person singular past historic of devoir

Verb

dus m pl

1. masculine plural of the past participle of devoir

Anagrams

• sud

Verb

dus

1. 3rd person singular present indicative form of dusēt
2. 3rd person plural present indicative form of dusēt
3. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of dusēt
4. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of dusēt

Etymology

From Old Dutch thus, from Proto-Germanic *þus.

Adverb

dus

1. thus, in this way
2. therefore

Further reading

• “dus”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “dus”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Noun

dus

1. tree

Verb

dus

1. first-person singular preterite of d'ver

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtuːs/

Pronoun

dūs

1. locative of don

Noun

dus m

1. inflection of duc:
   1. oblique plural
   2. nominative singular

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dus]

Verb

dus (past participle of duce)

1. gone, led

Alternative forms

• (Puter, Vallader) duos

Etymology

From Latin duōs, masculine accusative of duo.

Numeral

dus m (feminine duas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, cardinal) two