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das Dach

noun · /dax/ ·
Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German dach, from Old High German dah, from Proto-West Germanic *þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-. Cognate with German Low German Dack, Yiddish דאַך (dakh), Dutch dak, Afrikaans dak, English thack, thatch, Danish tag, Norwegian Bokmål tak, Norwegian Nynorsk tak, Swedish tak, Polish stóg, Belarusian стог (stoh), Ukrainian стіг (stih). Akin to Latin toga (“garment”) and Ancient Greek στέγος (stégos, “roof”).

Translation

  1. roof neuter, strong
  2. circumflex informal, neuter, strong
  3. head, especially the scalp colloquial, neuter, strong

    Du kriegst gleich etwas aufs Dach!

    You'll get something (usu. a smack) on the head!

  4. a rock layer above a seam neuter, strong

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominative Dach Dächer
Accusative Dach Dächer
Dative Dach Dächern
Genitive Daches Dächer

Dach

name · /dax/ ·
Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German dach, from Old High German dah, from Proto-West Germanic *þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-. Cognate with German Low German Dack, Yiddish דאַך (dakh), Dutch dak, Afrikaans dak, English thack, thatch, Danish tag, Norwegian Bokmål tak, Norwegian Nynorsk tak, Swedish tak, Polish stóg, Belarusian стог (stoh), Ukrainian стіг (stih). Akin to Latin toga (“garment”) and Ancient Greek στέγος (stégos, “roof”).

Translation

  1. a surname feminine, masculine, proper-noun, surname

DACH

name · /dax/ ·
Etymology

Composed of the translingual country codes D (“Germany”), A (“Austria”) and CH (“Switzerland”), punning on Dachsprache (“umbrella language”, see Dach “roof”).

Translation

  1. Germany, Austria and Switzerland as a unit neuter, proper-noun, strong
  2. the German Sprachraum neuter, proper-noun, strong