danser
See also: Danser
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch danser, from Middle Dutch danser. Equivalent to dans + -er.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
danser (plural dansers)
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
Descendants
- Afrikaans: danser
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Old French dancier, from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre. Displaced the older Old French baller.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɑ̃.se/
Audio: (file)
Verb
danser
- (ambitransitive) to dance
Conjugation
Conjugation of danser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | danser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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/2 |
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 historic3 | 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 anterior3 | 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/2 |
danses /dɑ̃s/ |
danse /dɑ̃s/ |
dansions /dɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
dansiez /dɑ̃.sje/ |
dansent /dɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect3 | 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 | |||||
| pluperfect3 | 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 dansé when inverted. | |||||||
3 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
Descendants
Further reading
- “danser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Norman
Etymology
From Old French dancier (“to dance”).
Pronunciation
Audio (Jersey): (file)
Verb
danser (gerund dans'sie)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Noun
danser m (definite singular danseren, indefinite plural dansere, definite plural danserne)
- a dancer
Derived terms
- ballettdanser
- danserinne
- danserske
- hallingdanser
- linedanser
- magedanser
- solodanser
- steppedanser
Etymology 2
Noun
danser m
- indefinite plural of dans
Etymology 3
Verb
danser
- present of danse
References
- “danser” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Swedish
Noun
danser
- indefinite plural of dans