English

Proper noun

Des

1. Short form of the male given name Desmond.

Anagrams

• eds.
• Esd., ESD
• SDE
• sed, SED

German

Noun

Des

1. (music) D-flat

Catalan

Contraction

des

1. Contraction of de and es.

Etymology 2

Conjugated form of dar

Verb

des

1. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive form of dar

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛs/

Article

des ‎(genitive definite)

1. (archaic) genitive singular masculine of de; of the
2. (archaic) genitive singular neuter of het; of the

Usage notes

Note that normally only the nominative is used. The other forms are archaic, but survive in numerous idiomatic expressions

Inflection

Synonyms

• 's

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!

Esperanto

Etymology

From German desto, Swedish 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 au 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.”

See also

• ju

Fiji Hindi

Etymology

Hindi देश ‎(deś).

Noun

des

1. country

   India ek prachin des hae.‎

   India is an old country.

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdes/

Noun

des

1. (music) D-flat

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛ/, /de/

Etymology

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

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).

German

Pronunciation

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

Article

des ‎(definite, genitive singular)

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

Declension

Latin

Verb

dēs

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of dō

Lojban

Rafsi

des

1. rafsi of desku.

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin dē ‎(“of”) + ēx ‎(“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

Descendants

From des + de:

• Fala: desde
• Galician: desde
• Portuguese: desde

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin dēnsus ‎(“dense; frequent”). Doublet of dens.

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

Declension

Antonyms

• (frequent): rar

Derived terms

• desiș

Related terms

• îndesa

See also

• dens

Spanish

Verb

des

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of dar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of dar.

Welsh

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

Zazaki

Numeral

des ?

1. (cardinal) ten