dát se
[ˈdaːt sɛ]
The verdict
“dát se” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — (mit etwas) anfangen, (etwas) beginnen, etwas in Angriff nehmen; sich an etwas heranmachen/machen, sich in/auf etwas einlassen, losgehen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dát se |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈdaːt sɛ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dát se” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for dát se is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈdaːt sɛ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for dát se in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is dát se, spelled D-Á-T- -S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1(mit etwas) anfangen, (etwas) beginnen, etwas in Angriff nehmen; sich an etwas heranmachen/machen, sich in/auf etwas einlassen, losgehen
- 2mit einer (eher langfristigen) Aktivität/Arbeit/Tätigkeit/Engagement beginnen
- 3beginnen, sich in eine bestimmte Richtung zu bewegen; sich wohin begeben
- 4sich in irgendeiner Weise beeinflussen lassen, etwas zu tun (zum Beispiel durch Überredungs-, Überzeugungs-, Verführungskunst); sich lassen
- 5drückt aus, dass etwas akzeptabel/fähig/möglich/geeignet ist oder der Sprecher es dafür hält; in der Lage sein, imstande sein, sich lassen, drin sein
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “dát se”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-Á-T- -S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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