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

• 1611 — King 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.

• 1611 — King 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

• Daniel

Translations

See also

• Dan (Bible) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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 丹 ‎(dān, “cinnabar, red”) + 江 ‎(jiāng, “river”).

Proper noun

Dan

1. A river in Shaanxi

Anagrams

• ADN
• and, AND
• DNA
• nad, NAD
• NDA

Breton

Noun

Dan m

1. Dane

Derived terms

• Danez

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

• Dana
• Daněk
• Daniel
• Daniela

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Dan

1. genitive plural of Dana

Anagrams

• And
• dna
• DNA
• nad

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

Finnish

Proper noun

Dan

1. (biblical) Dan.

Declension

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)
   • 1602 — La 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.

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

• ADN
• and, AND
• DNA
• nad, NAD
• NDA

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

• Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 128

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

• And
• dna
• DNA
• nad

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

• DNA

Fanamaket

Noun

dan

1. water

Reference

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

French

Etymology

Japanese 段 ‎(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

• دان

Pronunciation

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

Conjunction

dan ‎(Jawi spelling دان)

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

Descendants

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

• dánju
• dóbar dán

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

• nóč

Derived terms

• (days of the week) dnévi v tédnu; ponedéljek, tôrek, sréda, četŕtek, pétek, sobóta, nedélja ^{(Category: sl:Days of the week)}
• dóber dán

Etymology 2

See dati.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

dán ‎(not comparable)

1. given

Declension

Antonyms

• vzét, odvzét

Derived terms

• prodan
• predan

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

• Malcolm Ross, Andrew Pawley, Meredith Osmond (editors), The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: The physical environment, Pacific Linguistics, 545-2. Australian National University, Canberra, 2003, page 59

Swedish

Alternative forms

• da'n

Noun

dan

1. Contraction of dagen., definite singular of dag

Tarpia

Noun

dan

1. water

Reference

• Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 128

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

Verb

dan

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

Synonyms

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

Mutation

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)