danser

See also: Danser

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch danser, from Middle Dutch danser. Equivalent to dans +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

danser (plural dansers)

1. dancer

Danish

Alternative forms

• dandser (obsolete)

Noun

danser c (singular definite danseren, plural indefinite dansere)

1. a dancer

Declension

Declension of danser

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	danser	danseren	dansere	danserne
genitive	dansers	danserens	danseres	dansernes

Related terms

• danserinde
• danserske

Verb

danser

1. present of danse

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch danser. Equivalent to dansen +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑnsər/

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• Hyphenation: dan‧ser

Noun

danser m (plural dansers, diminutive dansertje n, feminine danseres)

1. dancer, person who dances

Derived terms

• koorddanser

Descendants

• Afrikaans: danser

Anagrams

• anders, Sander

French

Etymology

From Old French dancier, from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre. Displaced the older Old French baller.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑ̃.se/

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Verb

danser

1. (transitive, intransitive) 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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (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

• danse
• danseur, danseuse

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: dans
• → Romanian: dansa

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• redans

Norman

Etymology

From Old French dancier (“to dance”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey):

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Verb

danser (gerund dans'sie)

1. (Jersey) to dance

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Noun

danser m (definite singular danseren, indefinite plural dansere, definite plural danserne)

1. a dancer

Derived terms

• ballettdanser
• danserinne
• danserske
• hallingdanser
• linedanser
• magedanser
• solodanser
• steppedanser

Etymology 2

Noun

danser m

1. indefinite plural of dans

Etymology 3

Verb

danser

1. present of danse

References

• “danser” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

danser

1. indefinite plural of dans

Anagrams

• Anders, radens, redans