danser
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch danser, from Middle Dutch danser. Equivalent to dans + -er.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
danser (plural dansers)
- dancer
Danish
Alternative forms
- dandser (obsolete)
Noun
danser c (singular definite danseren, plural indefinite dansere)
- a dancer
Declension
common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | danser | danseren | dansere | danserne |
genitive | dansers | danserens | danseres | dansernes |
Related terms
- danserinde
- danserske
Verb
danser
- present of danse
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch danser. Equivalent to dansen + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɑnsər/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: dan‧ser
Noun
danser m (plural dansers, diminutive dansertje n, feminine danseres)
- dancer, person who dances
Derived terms
- koorddanser
Descendants
- Afrikaans: danser
Anagrams
- anders, Sander
French
Etymology
From Middle French danser, from Old French dancer, dancier (“to dance”), perhaps of Germanic origin, from Frankish *þansōn (“to draw, pull, stretch (oneself), gesture”), a variant of *dinsan. Displaced Old French baller, from Latin ballare (“to dance”). Cognate with Old High German dansōn (“to draw, pull”), Old Dutch þinsan (“to move, tear”), Old High German dinsan (“to draw out”), Gothic 𐌸𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌽 (þinsan, “to drag, draw, pull”), Old English þennan, þenian (“to stretch, stretch out, spread out, extend”), German dehnen (“to stretch, extend”). Related to thin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɑ̃.se/
audio (file)
Verb
danser
- (transitive, intransitive) to dance
Conjugation
infinitive | simple | danser | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | dansant /dɑ̃.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | dansé /dɑ̃.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | danse /dɑ̃s/ | danses /dɑ̃s/ | danse /dɑ̃s/ | dansons /dɑ̃.sɔ̃/ | dansez /dɑ̃.se/ | dansent /dɑ̃s/ |
imperfect | dansais /dɑ̃.sɛ/ | dansais /dɑ̃.sɛ/ | dansait /dɑ̃.sɛ/ | dansions /dɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ | dansiez /dɑ̃.sje/ | dansaient /dɑ̃.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | dansai /dɑ̃.se/ | dansas /dɑ̃.sa/ | dansa /dɑ̃.sa/ | dansâmes /dɑ̃.sam/ | dansâtes /dɑ̃.sat/ | dansèrent /dɑ̃.sɛʁ/ | |
future | danserai /dɑ̃.sʁe/ | danseras /dɑ̃.sʁa/ | dansera /dɑ̃.sʁa/ | danserons /dɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | danserez /dɑ̃.sʁe/ | danseront /dɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | danserais /dɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | danserais /dɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | danserait /dɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | danserions /dɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | danseriez /dɑ̃.sə.ʁje/ | danseraient /dɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | danse /dɑ̃s/ | danses /dɑ̃s/ | danse /dɑ̃s/ | dansions /dɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ | dansiez /dɑ̃.sje/ | dansent /dɑ̃s/ |
imperfect2 | dansasse /dɑ̃.sas/ | dansasses /dɑ̃.sas/ | dansât /dɑ̃.sa/ | dansassions /dɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ | dansassiez /dɑ̃.sa.sje/ | dansassent /dɑ̃.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | danse /dɑ̃s/ | — | dansons /dɑ̃.sɔ̃/ | dansez /dɑ̃.se/ | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
- absent le chat, les souris dansent
- quand le chat n'est pas là, les souris dansent
- le chat parti, les souris dansent
- ne pas savoir sur quel pied danser
Related terms
- danse
- danseur, danseuse
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: dans
- → Romanian: dansa
Further reading
- “danser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- redans
Norman
Etymology
From Old French dancier (“to dance”).
Pronunciation
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Verb
danser (gerund dans'sie)
- (Jersey) to dance
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
danser m (definite singular danseren, indefinite plural dansere, definite plural danserne)
- a dancer
Derived terms
- ballettdanser
- danserinne
- danserske
- hallingdanser
- linedanser
- magedanser
- solodanser
- steppedanser
Noun
danser m
- indefinite plural of dans
Verb
danser
- present of danse
References
- “danser” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Swedish
Noun
danser
- indefinite plural of dans.
Anagrams
- Anders, radens, redans