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danser
danser
Danish
Noun
danser c (definite singular danseren, indefinite plural dansere, definite plural danserne)
- a dancer
Related terms
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɑnsər/
Etymology
root of dansen 'to dance' + -er
Noun
danser m (plural dansers, diminutive dansertje n)
- dancer, person who dances
Derived terms
- koorddanser m
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Middle French danser, from Old French dancer, dancier (“to dance”), of Germanic origin, from Old Frankish *dansōn (“to draw, pull, stretch (oneself), gesture”), a variant of Old Frankish *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”). Related to thin
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɑ̃.se/
Verb
danser
- (transitive, intransitive) to dance
Related terms
Conjugation
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | danser | avoir dansé | |||||
| gerund | en dansant | en ayant dansé | |||||
| present participle | dansant /dɑ̃.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | dansé /dɑ̃.se/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | dansai /dɑ̃.se/ |
dansas /dɑ̃.sa/ |
dansa /dɑ̃.sa/ |
dansâmes /dɑ̃.sam/ |
dansâtes /dɑ̃.sat/ |
dansèrent /dɑ̃.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | danserai /dɑ̃.sʁe/ |
danseras /dɑ̃.sʁa/ |
dansera /dɑ̃.sʁa/ |
danserons /dɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
danserez /dɑ̃.sʁe/ |
danseront /dɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | danserais /dɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
danserais /dɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
danserait /dɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
danserions /dɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
danseriez /dɑ̃.sə.ʁje/ |
danseraient /dɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | danse /dɑ̃s/ |
danses /dɑ̃s/ |
danse /dɑ̃s/ |
dansions /dɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
dansiez /dɑ̃.sje/ |
dansent /dɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect1 |
dansasse /dɑ̃.sas/ |
dansasses /dɑ̃.sas/ |
dansât /dɑ̃.sa/ |
dansassions /dɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
dansassiez /dɑ̃.sa.sje/ |
dansassent /dɑ̃.sas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | danse /dɑ̃s/ |
— | dansons /dɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
dansez /dɑ̃.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Anagrams
Norman
Etymology
From Old French dancer, dancier (“to dance”), from Frankish *dansōn (“to draw, pull, stretch (oneself), gesture”), from Proto-Germanic *þansōną, from *þinsaną (“to draw, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *tens- (“to stretch, pull”).
Pronunciation
Verb
danser (gerund dans'sie)