Dose

== German == === Etymology 1 === Spread via the Lower Rhineland from Middle Low German dōse and Middle Dutch dose. Probably from Latin dosis (“dose”), with semantic shift "a small amount (dose) of medicine" > "a container of such a dose of medicine" > "containers in general". ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈdoːzə/ ==== Noun ==== Dose f (genitive Dose, plural Dosen, diminutive Döschen n or Döslein n) box (container made from metal or plastic, less often wood) tin, can (air-tight container for food) Synonym: Büchse (informal, often diminutive) vagina, vulva ===== Declension ===== ===== Hyponyms ===== ===== Derived terms ===== eindosen ===== Related terms ===== ==== Further reading ==== “Dose”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Dose” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “Dose” in Duden online === Etymology 2 === From German Low German Dose, Döse, Dös, "moor", "light-coloured layer in a peat moor", or from its source, Middle Low German dose (“light-coloured peat”). Perhaps related to German Dost. Some sources have suggested a possible connection to dösig, but if there is any connection, it is not obvious. ==== Noun ==== Dose f (genitive Dose, plural Dosen) a (small) moor in northwestern Germany (now chiefly in placenames) Bockholter Dose, Esterweger Dose, Ginger Dose, Molberger Dose, Speller Dose, Staverner Dose, Sumpfmoor Dose, Tinner Dose ==== Further reading ==== w:de:Dose (Landschaftsform) === References ===