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
-
roof
neuter, strong
Vom Dach aus kann man mehrere Meilen weit sehen.
You can see for miles from the roof.
Das Dach wurde durch den Sturm beschädigt.
The roof was damaged by the storm.
- circumflex informal, neuter, strong
-
head, especially the scalp
colloquial, neuter, strong
Du kriegst gleich etwas aufs Dach!
You'll get something (usu. a smack) on the head!
- a rock layer above a seam neuter, strong
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Dach | Dächer |
| Accusative | Dach | Dächer |
| Dative | Dach | Dächern |
| Genitive | Daches | Dächer |