danse

See also: dansé

Danish

Alternative forms

• dandse (obsolete)

Verb

danse (imperative dans, infinitive at danse, present tense danser, past tense dansede, perfect tense har danset)

1. to dance
   • 1963, “Dansevise”, Sejr Volmer-Sørensen (lyrics), Otto Francker (music), performed by Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann:

     Kom, lad os danse / Alt kan der ske / Kom, lad os danse / Lad os danse, lad os le

     Come, let us dance / Everything can happen / Come, let us dance / Let us dance, let us laugh

Conjugation

Inflection of danse

	present	past
simple	danser	dansede
perfect	har danset	havde danset
passive	danses	dansedes
participle	dansende	danset
imperative	dans	—
infinitive	danse	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	dansen	—

Noun

danse

1. indefinite plural of dans

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

danse

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of dansen

Anagrams

• Andes

French

Etymology

From danser (“to dance”). Doublet of dance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑ̃s/

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Noun

danse f (plural danses)

1. dance

Derived terms

• danse du ventre
• danse macabre
• mener la danse
• piste de danse

Related terms

• danseur, danseuse

Descendants

• → Danish: dans
• → Italian: danza
• → Romanian: dans
• → Turkish: dans

Verb

danse

1. inflection of danser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Andes

Haitian Creole

Etymology

French danser (“to dance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dãse/

Verb

danse

1. to dance

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse dansa, from Old French [Term?].

Verb

danse (imperative dans, present tense danser, simple past and past participle dansa or danset, present participle dansende)

1. to dance

Related terms

• dans
• danser, danserinne

References

• “danse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

danse (present tense dansar, past tense dansa, past participle dansa, passive infinitive dansast, present participle dansande, imperative danse/dans)

1. Alternative form of dansa