dahn

D2A1H4N1
UK/dɑːn/US/dɑn/

proper noun

A surname.

UncommonScrabble 8

Meanings

dahn1

adverbdahn (not comparable)
  1. UKnot comparablepronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of down.

    At the end o' the six paces yer cuts yer 'and away an' brings it smartly dahn ter yer side an' looks to yer front.

    1920, Fritz August Voigt, Combed Out
    1 more example

    He's got a kind of a way with him an' he sits dahn with the like of huz, and he talks to us as if we was men in place o' bein' cattle, which is the way with most on 'em.

    1904, David Christie Murray, VC -- A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea
preposition
  1. UKpronunciation spellingBermudaPronunciation spelling of down.

    He's cool. Does triathlons dahn de Sahn.

    2013 September 5, James Burton, The Bermuda Sun, archived from the original on 12 Dec 2022
    1 more example

    “So, wot, people'd pay to throw you dahn the stairs? Dunno abaht that. People in these parts is used to throwing one another dahn stairs for free.

    2007, Howard Whitehouse, Bill Slavin, The Faceless Fiend: The Faceless Fiend: Being the Tale of a Criminal Mastermind, His Masked Minions and a Princess with a Butter Knife, Involving Explosives and a Certain Amount of Pushing and Shoving, Book 2

Dahn2

proper nounDahn (plural Dahns)

plural Dahns

Rhymes & wordplay

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Sounds the same

Dondawn (cot–caught merger)

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Cite this entry
APA

dahn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dahn

MLA

“dahn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dahn. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dahn,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dahn.

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