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Noun [German]

IPA: /daʊ̯s/ Audio: De-Daus.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German dūs, from Old High German dūs, from Old French dous (“two”). Applied on a person possibly the same word, being most frequent in the interjection “Ei der Daus!”, stemming from the deuce, the highest card, being played, and hence having an ambiguous sense depending on the angle of view; however descendants of Latin deus (“god”) or dusius (“a kind of Gaulish demon”) might be in the game. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|dūs}} Middle High German dūs, {{inh|de|goh|dūs}} Old High German dūs, {{der|de|fro|dous|t=two}} Old French dous (“two”), {{der|de|la|deus|t=god}} Latin deus (“god”), {{m|la|dusius|t=a kind of Gaulish demon}} dusius (“a kind of Gaulish demon”) Head templates: {{de-noun|n,,^er}} Daus n (strong, genitive Dauses, plural Däuser) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,,^er}} Forms: Dauses [genitive], Däuser [plural], strong [table-tags], Daus [nominative, singular], Däuser [definite, nominative, plural], Dauses [genitive, singular], Däuser [definite, genitive, plural], Daus [dative, singular], Dause [dative, singular], Däusern [dative, definite, plural], Daus [accusative, singular], Däuser [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. deuce, the number two in German games Tags: neuter, strong Categories (topical): Card games, Dice games
    Sense id: en-Daus-de-noun-P6HGwd51 Disambiguation of Card games: 67 33 Disambiguation of Dice games: 71 29 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 88 12

Noun [German]

IPA: /daʊ̯s/ Audio: De-Daus.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German dūs, from Old High German dūs, from Old French dous (“two”). Applied on a person possibly the same word, being most frequent in the interjection “Ei der Daus!”, stemming from the deuce, the highest card, being played, and hence having an ambiguous sense depending on the angle of view; however descendants of Latin deus (“god”) or dusius (“a kind of Gaulish demon”) might be in the game. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|dūs}} Middle High German dūs, {{inh|de|goh|dūs}} Old High German dūs, {{der|de|fro|dous|t=two}} Old French dous (“two”), {{der|de|la|deus|t=god}} Latin deus (“god”), {{m|la|dusius|t=a kind of Gaulish demon}} dusius (“a kind of Gaulish demon”) Head templates: {{de-noun|m}} Daus m (strong, genitive Dauses, plural Dause) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Dauses [genitive], Dause [plural], strong [table-tags], Daus [nominative, singular], Dause [definite, nominative, plural], Dauses [genitive, singular], Dause [definite, genitive, plural], Daus [dative, singular], Dause [dative, singular], Dausen [dative, definite, plural], Daus [accusative, singular], Dause [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. deuce, hunk, splendid bloke, a devil of a fellow Tags: archaic, masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Daus-de-noun-P4W2OyDz

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      "form": "Daus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dause",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dauses",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dause",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Daus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dause",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dausen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Daus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dause",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Daus m (strong, genitive Dauses, plural Dause)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "deuce, hunk, splendid bloke, a devil of a fellow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "deuce",
          "deuce"
        ],
        [
          "hunk",
          "hunk"
        ],
        [
          "splendid",
          "splendid"
        ],
        [
          "bloke",
          "bloke"
        ],
        [
          "devil of",
          "devil of"
        ],
        [
          "fellow",
          "fellow"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/daʊ̯s/"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ee/De-Daus.ogg/De-Daus.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/De-Daus.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Daus"
}

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