Dose

See also: dose, dosé, dôse, dōse, dosë, and döse

German

Etymology

Spread via the Lower Rhineland from Middle Low German dōse and Middle Dutch dose. Probably from Latin dosis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoːzə/

• Audio

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Noun

Dose f (genitive Dose, plural Dosen, diminutive Döschen n or Döslein n)

1. box (container made from metal or plastic, less often wood)
2. tin, can (air-tight container for food)

   Synonym: Büchse

3. (informal, often diminutive) vagina, vulva

Declension

Declension of Dose [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Dose	die	Dosen
genitive	einer	der	Dose	der	Dosen
dative	einer	der	Dose	den	Dosen
accusative	eine	die	Dose	die	Dosen

Derived terms

• Bierdose
• Blechdose
• Coladose
• Doseninhalt
• Dosennahrung
• Dosenöffner
• eindosen
• Holzdose
• Konservendose
• Metalldose
• Plastikdose
• Puderdose
• Sprühdose
• Steckdose
• Unterputzdose

 

Further reading

• “Dose” in Duden online
• “Dose” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache