FromMiddle Dutchdaes, likely adoublet ofdwaas.
daas (comparativedazer,superlativemeest daasordaast)
| Declension ofdaas | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | daas | |||
| inflected | daze | |||
| comparative | dazer | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | daas | dazer | hetdaast hetdaaste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | daze | dazere | daaste |
| n. sing. | daas | dazer | daaste | |
| plural | daze | dazere | daaste | |
| definite | daze | dazere | daaste | |
| partitive | daas | dazers | — | |
FromMiddle Dutchdauese, probably from the adjectival sense (see Etymology 1). A direct descending fromProto-West Germanic*dawas, fromProto-Indo-European*dʰowos-(“botfly”), has also been proposed (Goossens 1985).
daas m (pluraldazen,diminutivedaasje n)