Daus

daus German thumb|right|de Ein Daus von Grün|upright=0.75 Etymology From de gmh dūs, from de goh dūs, from de fro dous two. Also sometimes applied to people, being most frequent in the old-fashioned interjection de Ei der Daus "good grief", "well I never!", etc. (compare en what the deuce), stemming from the deuce, the highest (or sometimes lowest) card being played, and hence having an ambiguously bold sense; however, descendants of de la deus god or la dusius a kind of Gaulish demon? might be involved. As Friedrich Kluge noted: "Dice-playiug was a favourite amusement even among the Teutons described by Tacitus", but many game-words were apparently lost in favor of newer Romance terms. Pronunciation de /daʊ̯s/ de De-Daus.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun n,,^er deuce, the number two in German games de 1815-06-10 Intelligenzblatt der Neuen Jugend-Zeitung 8 2 https://books.google.com/books?id=RkxQAAAAcAAJ&pg=PT16 Das Daus von Eckern zeigt den Barden unter der Eiche, wie die Germanen, ihn anlauschend, Wort und Klang vernehmen. – Das Daus von Herzen hat ein Tournier und die Preisvertheilung für Ritter und Sänger. – Das Daus in Schellen schildert eine neumodige Gasterei mit einem Vorschreier. – Das Daus in Grün hat einen Familienzirkel, wo die jungen Leute des Hauses durch Musik erfreuen. Dies sind die Festlichkeiten, die übrigen Karten dringen in die Häuslichkeit. […] The acorns deuce shows a bard under an oak, like the Germans, listening to him, hearken word and sound. – The deuce of hearts has a tourney for knights and singers. – The deuce of bells depicts a fashionable feast with a crier. – The deuce in green has a family circle where the young people of the house delight through music. These are the festivities, the remaining cards thring towards domestic matters. Declension n,,^er Noun m de archaic deuce, hunk, splendid bloke, a devil of a fellow Declension m Further reading Daus_Ausruf de Card games Dice games