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Webster 1913 Edition


Dan

Dan

(dăn)
,
Noun.
[OE.
dan
,
danz
, OF.
danz
(prop. only nom.),
dan
, master, fr. L.
dominus
. See
Dame
.]
A title of honor equivalent to master, or sir.
[Obs.]
Old
Dan
Geoffry, in gently spright
The pure wellhead of poetry did dwell.
Spenser.
What time
Dan
Abraham left the Chaldee land.
Thomson.

Dan

,
Noun.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
(Mining)
A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dan

DAN

,
Noun.
A title of honor equivalent to master; used by Shakspeare, Prior, &c., but now obsolete.

Definition 2024


Dan

Dan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dan"

English

Proper noun

Dan

  1. The fifth son of Jacob, whose mother was his wife's handmaid Bilhah and adopted by Rachel, who is the second wife of Jacob.
  2. A male given name, derived from the son of Jacob.
  3. A male given name & nickname, derived from the prophet Daniel.
  4. A surname.
  5. One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Dan.
  6. A former city occupied by the tribe
  7. The Dan River, the principal tributary of the Jordan, named for the city
Quotations
  • 1611King James Version of the Bible, Genesis 35:22b-26
    Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: 23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: 24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: 25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: 26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.
  • 1611King James Version of the Bible, Joshua 21:5
    And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations

See also

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Old French dan, from Latin dominus.

Noun

Dan (plural Dans)

  1. (obsolete) A title of respect: Sir, Master.
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.ii:
      Dan Chaucer, well of English vndefyled, / On Fames eternall beadroll worthie to be fyled.

Etymology 3

From Borrowing from Mandarin 丹江 (dānjiāng), from (dān, cinnabar, red) + (jiāng, river).

Proper noun

Dan

  1. A river in Shaanxi

Anagrams


Breton

Noun

Dan m

  1. Dane

Derived terms


Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dan/
  • Rhymes: -an

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Dan m anim

  1. (informal) A male given name, short form of Daniel.
Declension
Related terms

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Dan

  1. genitive plural of Dana

Anagrams


Danish

Proper noun

Dan

  1. (biblical) Dan.
  2. A male given name derived from Old Norse Danr (a Dane).

Faroese

Proper noun

Dan m

  1. A male given name.

Usage notes

  • son of Dan: Dansson
  • daughter of Dan: Dansdóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Dan
Accusative Dan
Dative Dani
Genitive Dans

Finnish

Proper noun

Dan

  1. (biblical) Dan.

Declension

Inflection of Dan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Dan Danit
genitive Danin Danien
partitive Dania Daneja
illative Daniin Daneihin
singular plural
nominative Dan Danit
accusative nom. Dan Danit
gen. Danin
genitive Danin Danien
partitive Dania Daneja
inessive Danissa Daneissa
elative Danista Daneista
illative Daniin Daneihin
adessive Danilla Daneilla
ablative Danilta Daneilta
allative Danille Daneille
essive Danina Daneina
translative Daniksi Daneiksi
instructive Danein
abessive Danitta Daneitta
comitative Daneineen

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Danish Daner (Danes), from Old Norse Danir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dan/

Noun

Dan (feminine equivalent Danowka)

  1. Dane (person from Denmark or of Danish descent)

Declension


Norwegian

Proper noun

Dan

  1. (biblical) Dan.
  2. A male given name derived from Old Norse Danr (a Dane), Daniel, and biblical Dan.

Spanish

Proper noun

Dan m

  1. Dan (Biblical character and tribe)
    • 1602La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), rev., Génesis 35:22b-26
      Ahora bien, los hijos de Israel fueron doce: 23 Los hijos de Lea : Rúben el primogénito de Jacob, y Simeón, y Leví, y Judá, é Issachâr, y Zabulón. 24 Los hijos de Rachêl : José, y Benjamín. 25 Y los hijos de Bilha, sierva de Rachêl : Dan, y Nephtalí. 26 Y los hijos de Zilpa, sierva de Lea : Gad, y Aser. Estos fueron los hijos de Jacob, que le nacieron en Padan-aram.

Swedish

Proper noun

Dan (casual pet form Danne)

  1. (biblical) Dan.
  2. A male given name derived from Old Norse Danr (a Dane), Daniel, and biblical Dan.

dan

dan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dan"

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dæn/

Noun

dan (plural dans)

  1. A rank of black belt in martial arts
  2. Someone who has achieved a level of black belt

Etymology 2

Uncertain.

Noun

dan (plural dans)

  1. (mining) A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.

Etymology 3

Old English

Noun

dan

  1. (obsolete) A title of honour equivalent to "master" or "sir".
    • Spenser
      Old Dan Geoffry, in gently spright / The pure wellhead of poetry did dwell.
    • Thomson
      What time Dan Abraham left the Chaldee land.

Anagrams


Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch dan.

Adverb

dan

  1. then

Conjunction

dan

  1. than

Biem

Noun

dan

  1. water

References

  • Heinrich Aufenanger, The great inheritance in Northeast New Guinea: a collection of anthropological data (1975)
  • Stephen Adolphe Wurm, New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study (1976)

Bonggo

Noun

dan

  1. water

Reference


Cornish

Noun

dan

  1. Soft mutation of tan.

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dan/
  • Rhymes: -an

Etymology 1

From Japanese だん (dan).

Noun

dan m anim

  1. (martial arts) dan, master and teacher of judo, karate or other Japanese martial arts.
Declension

Noun

dan m inan

  1. (martial arts) dan, master degree in judo and karate
Declension

Etymology 2

From Latin Dania (Denmark).

Noun

dan m inan

  1. (geology) Danian, stage of Paleogene
Declension

Anagrams


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑn
  • IPA(key): /dɑn/

Adverb

dan

  1. then, at that time (in the future)
    Morgen wordt het beter weer, maar dan moet ik weer naar mijn werk.
    Tomorrow the weather will be better, but then I must go to work again.
  2. then, after that
    Eerst moet je je tanden poetsen, dan mag je naar bed.
    First you need to brush your teeth, then you may go to bed.
  3. then, in that case
    Als het regent of sneeuwt, dan moet de auto toch veilig zijn.
    If it rains or snows, the car must still be safe.

Usage notes

The adverb dan is almost obligatorily used in Dutch after an imperative with a preceding conditional clause:

  • Als u de tijd hebt, bezoekt u dan in ieder geval de haven.
    If you have the time, be sure to visit the harbour.

Synonyms

  • (in the past) toen

Conjunction

dan

  1. than (in comparison)
    Ik ben ouder dan jij.
    I am older than you.

Synonyms

  • als (non-standard)

Preposition

dan

  1. but, except
    Niets dan liefde.
    Nothing but love.

Noun

dan c (plural dans)

  1. Unit of grading proficiency greater than black-belt in Japanese martial arts

Anagrams


Fanamaket

Noun

dan

  1. water

Reference

  • Frantisek Lichtenberk, Sequentiality-Futurity Links, Oceanic Linguistics 53:1 (2014), pages 61-91

French

Etymology

Japanese ‎(dan), from Chinese.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dan/

Noun

dan m (plural dans)

  1. dan

Galician

Verb

dan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of dar

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay dan.

Conjunction

dan

  1. and (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera)

Japanese

Romanization

dan

  1. rōmaji reading of だん

Kis

Noun

dan

  1. water

References

  • Stephen Adolphe Wurm, New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study (1976)

Kurdish

Verb

dan

  1. to give, to grant, to provide with

Conjugation

Derived terms


Ladin

Preposition

dan

  1. in front of, before

Lojban

Rafsi

dan

  1. rafsi of danti.

Malay

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dan/
  • Rhymes: -dan, -an

Conjunction

dan (Jawi spelling دان)

  1. and (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera)

Descendants

  • Indonesian: dan

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ذَا (ḏā), plus accusative case ending اً (-an)

Determiner

dan (feminine din, plural dawn)

  1. this

Mandarin

Romanization

dan

  1. Nonstandard spelling of dān.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of dán.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of dǎn.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of dàn.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Marshallese

Noun

dan

  1. water
  2. liquid

References

  • Byron Wilbur Bender, Spoken Marshallese: An Intensive Language Course (1969, ISBN 0870220705), page 320

Middle English

Noun

dan

  1. don

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian thīn.

Pronoun

dan m (feminine din, neuter din, plural din)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) your

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dьnь (day).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dâːn/
  • Rhymes: -âːn

Noun

dȃn m (Cyrillic spelling да̑н)

  1. day

Declension

Derived terms


Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *dьnь (day).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdáːn/
  • Tonal orthography: dȃn

Noun

dán m inan (genitive dnéva or dné, nominative plural dnévi)

  1. day
Declension
Antonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See dati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdàːn/
  • Tonal orthography: dán

Adjective

dán (not comparable)

  1. given
Declension
Antonyms
  • vzét, odvzét
Derived terms

Spanish

Pronunciation

Verb

dan

  1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of dar.
  2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present indicative form of dar.

Sursurunga

Noun

dan

  1. water

Reference


Swedish

Alternative forms

  • da'n

Noun

dan

  1. Contraction of dagen., definite singular of dag

Tarpia

Noun

dan

  1. water

Reference


Volapük

Noun

dan (uncountable dans)

  1. thanks

Declension


Warembori

Noun

dan

  1. water

Reference

  • Mark Donohue, Warembori, Lincom Europa, 1999

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dan/

Etymology 1

Preposition

dan

  1. Soft mutation of tan (under).

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tan dan nhan than
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Verb

dan

  1. (colloquial, North Wales) first-person plural present of bod

Synonyms

  • ydym, ŷm (literary)
  • ŷn (South Wales)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
dan ddan nan unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Wogeo

Noun

dan

  1. (fresh) water

References

  • Mats Exter, Phonetik und Phonologie des Wogeo (2003), Arbeitspapier, Neue Folge 46, Colonha, Institut für Sprachwissenschaft, Universität Köln, page 65
  • Stephen Adolphe Wurm, New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study (1976)