# dans
## English
### Noun

dans
* plural of dan

### Anagrams

* ANDs, dnas, nads, NADS, NDAs, NASD, and's, DNAs, NSDA, sand, ands

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch dans.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

dans (plural danse)
* dance

### Verb

dans (present dans, present participle dans, past participle gedans)
* to dance
** 2016, “Sal Jy Met My Dans”, in Sal Jy Met My Dans?‎, performed by Kurt Darren, South Africa:Sal jy met my dans?Will you dance with me?

## Cornish
### Pronunciation

* (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA: [dans]
* (Revived Late Cornish) IPA: [dænz]

### Noun

dans m (plural dens)
* tooth

### References

* Cornish-English Dictionary from Maga's Online Dictionary
* Akademi Kernewek Gerlyver Kernewek (FSS) Cornish Dictionary (SWF) (in Cornish), 2018, published 2018, page 31

## Danish
### Alternative forms

* dands (obsolete)

### Etymology

From French danse.

### Noun

dans c (singular definite dansen, plural indefinite danse)
* a dance

#### Derived terms

* danser
* danserinde

### Further reading

* “dans” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɑns/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: dans
* Rhymes: -ɑns

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch dans, from Old French danse or a deverbal from dansen.

#### Noun

dans m (plural dansen, diminutive dansje n)
* dance

##### Derived terms

* dansmaat
* dansoptreden
* danspas
* dansschool
* dansvloer
* danswater
* de dans leiden
* de dans ontspringen
* dodendans
* klompendans
* koordans
* koorddans
* krijgsdans
* oorlogsdans
* overwinningsdans
* paardans
* paarddans
* parendans
* paringsdans
* regendans
* reidans
* stijldans
* stoelendans
* volksdans
* zwaarddans

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: dans
* Berbice Creole Dutch: dansi
* Negerhollands: dans

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

dans
* inflection of dansen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## Faroese
### Noun

dans m
* accusative/genitive singular of dansur

## French
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French denz, from Vulgar Latin dē intus, from Latin dē + intus, meaning "from inside" or "from within".

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɑ̃/, (before a vowel) /dɑ̃.z‿/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑ̃
* Homophones: dent, dents (general), dam, dams (dated)

#### Preposition

dans
* (literal, figurative) in, inside (enclosed in a physical space, a group, a state)
    vieillir dans la misère ― to grow old in poverty
    être dans l’infanterie ― to be in the infantry
    avoir quelque chose dans la bouche ― to have something in the mouth
    dans les circonstances d’une pandémie ― under the circumstances of a pandemic
    Il habite dans le quartier le plus riche de Paris. ― He lives in the richest district of Paris.
    Il nage comme un poisson dans l’eau. ― He swims like a fish in the water.
** 1837, Louis Viardot, chapter 1, in L'Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra:Dans une bourgade de la Manche, dont je ne veux pas me rappeler le nom, vivait, il n’y a pas longtemps, un hidalgo […]In a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not want to remember, lived, not long ago, an hidalgo […]
* to (indicates direction towards certain large subdivisions, see usage notes)
    Aujourd’hui, je vais dans le Maine, et demain, je vais dans l’État de New York.Today, I'm going to Maine, and tomorrow, I'm going to New York.
* in, within (a longer period of time)
    Je serai prêt dans une heure. ― I'll be ready in one hour.
    Il arrivera dans trois jours. ― He will arrive in three days.
* (with respect to time) during
    dans un temps donné ― during a given time
    dans ma jeunesse ― in my youth
* out of, from
    boire dans une tasse ― to drink from a cup
    Il prend le beurre dans le réfrigérateur. ― He takes the butter out of the fridge.
* (metonymically) in; in the works of
    le marxisme dans Sartre ― Marxism in the works of Sartre
* (colloquial) Used in dans les (“about, around”)
    dans les trentes kilos ― about thirty kilos
    dans les dix euros ― about ten euros

##### Usage notes

For certain large subdivisions, particularly masculine US states, dans l' or dans le may be used to show direction towards a certain place instead of en or au.

#### See also

* dedans
* en

### Etymology 2

See dan.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dan/

#### Noun

dans m
* plural of dan

### References

* ↑ Office québécois de la langue française (2016) “Les prépositions devant un nom d’État américain [Prepositions in front of a US state name.]”, in Banque de dépannage linguistique‎ (in French)

### Further reading

* “dans”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

French danse (“dance”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dãs/

### Noun

dans
* dance

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tans/

### Noun

dans m (genitive singular dans, nominative plural dansar)
* dance

#### Related terms

* dansa

## Latin
### Etymology

Present active participle of dō.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /dans/, [d̪ä̃ːs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /dans/, [d̪äns]

### Participle

dāns (genitive dantis); third-declension one-termination participle
* giving
* offering, rendering
* yielding, conceding

#### Declension

Third-declension participle.
$^1$When used purely as an adjective.

## Norman
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin dē intus (“from inside, from within”). Cognate with French dans.

### Preposition

dans
* (Guernsey, Jersey) in
** 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎, page 524:Ch'est coume un bourdon dans une canne.It is like a humble bee in a can.
** 2013 March, Geraint Jennings, “Mar martello”, in The Town Crier‎, archived from the original on 13 March 2016, page 20:Dans les clios étout nou vait des tracteurs et des machinnes tandi qu'lé travas du fèrmyi r'prend san rhythme coumme tréjous.In the fields tractors and machines can be seen too as farm work picks up again as always.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse dans and Old French dancier.

#### Noun

dans m (definite singular dansen, indefinite plural danser, definite plural dansene)
* a dance
* dancing

##### Derived terms

* dansegulv, dansegolv
* folkedans
* magedans

##### Related terms

* danse
* danser
* danserinne

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

dans
* imperative of danse

### References

* “dans” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old French dance; and Old Norse dans.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɑns/

### Noun

dans m (definite singular dansen, indefinite plural dansar, definite plural dansane)
* a dance

#### Derived terms

* dansegolv
* folkedans

#### Related terms

* dansar

### Verb

dans
* imperative of dansa

### Further reading

* “dans” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French danse.

### Noun

dans n (plural dansuri)
* dance

#### Alternative forms

* danț

#### Related terms

* dansa

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

dans c
* dance (dancing)
** (Can we date this quote?), traditional (lyrics and music), “Hårgalåten [The Hårga song]”‎:Dansen gick på äng och backar, högt uppå Hårgaåsens topp. Man slet ut båd' [både] skor och klackar. Aldrig fick man på dansen stopp.They danced ["the dance was going / went," as in was going on] on meadow [sic] and hills, high upon the top of the Hårga ridge. People [one] wore out both shoes and heels [on shoes]. The dance could not be stopped ["Never got one upon the dance stop"].
* a dance (type of dance)
** 2001, Caramell (lyrics and music), “Caramelldansen [The Caramell dance ("karamell" is the usual spelling)]”, in Supergott [Super tasty]‎:Dansa med oss. Klappa era händer. Gör som vi gör och ta några steg åt vänster. Lyssna och lär. Missa inte chansen. Nu är vi här med Caramelldansen.Dance with us. Clap your hands. Do as we do and take a few steps to the left. Listen and learn. Don't miss the chance. Now we are here with the Caramell dance.
* a dance (social gathering with dancing)
** 1891, “Det var dans bort i vägen [There was a dance down the road]”, Gustaf Fröding (lyrics), Helfrid Lambert (music)‎performed by Sven-Ingvars:Det var dans bort i vägen på lördagsnatten. Över nejden gick låten av spelet och skratten. Det var tjo, det var hopp, det var hej! Nils Utterman, token och spelemansfanten, han satt med sitt bälgspel vid landsvägskanten, för dudeli dudeli dej!There was a dance down the road on Saturday night. Over the neighborhood [surrounding area of (mostly) nature] went the sound [archaic, the modern sense is "song"] of the playing and laughter [the laughs]. There was woo [expressing joy, intensity, or the like], there was "hop" [often appears in similar interjections], there was hey! Nils Utterman, the coot and vagabond musician [rare, archaic], he sat with his accordion [dialectal, usually dragspel] by the side of the highway [in the pre-car, main public road sense], for doodly doodly dey!

#### Derived terms

* gå som en dans

#### Related terms

* dansa
* dansare
* dansös

### Noun

dans
* (colloquial) definite genitive singular of dag

### References

* dans in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* dans in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* dans in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* ands, sand

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دانس (dans), from French danse. First attested in 1869.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɑns/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

dans (definite accusative dansı, plural danslar)
* dance (movements to music)

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
dans
danslar
definite accusative
dansı
dansları
dative
dansa
danslara
locative
dansta
danslarda
ablative
danstan
danslardan
genitive
dansın
dansların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
dansım
danslarım
2nd singular
dansın
dansların
3rd singular
dansı
dansları
1st plural
dansımız
danslarımız
2nd plural
dansınız
danslarınız
3rd plural
dansları
dansları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
dansımı
danslarımı
2nd singular
dansını
danslarını
3rd singular
dansını
danslarını
1st plural
dansımızı
danslarımızı
2nd plural
dansınızı
danslarınızı
3rd plural
danslarını
danslarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
dansıma
danslarıma
2nd singular
dansına
danslarına
3rd singular
dansına
danslarına
1st plural
dansımıza
danslarımıza
2nd plural
dansınıza
danslarınıza
3rd plural
danslarına
danslarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
dansımda
danslarımda
2nd singular
dansında
danslarında
3rd singular
dansında
danslarında
1st plural
dansımızda
danslarımızda
2nd plural
dansınızda
danslarınızda
3rd plural
danslarında
danslarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
dansımdan
danslarımdan
2nd singular
dansından
danslarından
3rd singular
dansından
danslarından
1st plural
dansımızdan
danslarımızdan
2nd plural
dansınızdan
danslarınızdan
3rd plural
danslarından
danslarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
dansımın
danslarımın
2nd singular
dansının
danslarının
3rd singular
dansının
danslarının
1st plural
dansımızın
danslarımızın
2nd plural
dansınızın
danslarınızın
3rd plural
danslarının
danslarının :