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Dach.

roof

4 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/dax/[däχ]

  1. roof

    neuter · strong

  2. circumflex

    informal · neuter · strong

  3. head, especially the scalp

    colloquial · neuter · strong
    Du kriegst gleich etwas aufs Dach!

  4. a rock layer above a seam

    neuter · strong
Where this word comes from

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”).

name/dax/[däχ]

  1. a surname

    feminine · masculine · proper-noun · surname
Where this word comes from

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”).

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