Den Definition

dĕn
denned, denning, dens
noun
dens
The cave or other lair of a wild animal.
Webster's New World
A retreat or headquarters, as of thieves; haunt.
Webster's New World
A cave or hollow used as a refuge or hiding place.
American Heritage
A small, squalid room.
Webster's New World
A small, cozy room in a house, where a person can be alone to read, work, etc.
Webster's New World
verb
denned, denning, dens
To live or hide in or as in a den.
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abbreviation
Denmark.
Webster's New World

Abbreviation of denier (a unit of weight)

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pronoun

(law) Abbreviation of Denmark.

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Other Word Forms of Den

Noun

Singular:
den
Plural:
dens

Origin of Den

  • From Middle English den, from Old English denn (“den, lair (of a beast), cave; a swine-pasture, a woodland pasture for swine”), from Proto-Germanic *danjō (“threshing-floor, barn-floor”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“flat surface, board, sheet, area, palm of the hand”). Cognate with Scots den (“den, lair”), Dutch denne (“burrow, den, cave, attic”), Dutch den (“ship's deck, threshing-floor, mountain floor”), Middle Low German denne, danne (“threshing-floor, small dale”), German Tenne (“threshing-floor”).

    From Wiktionary

  • From Old French denier, from Latin denarius.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English denn

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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