# dag

> English word · Noun · IPA /dæɡ/ · frequency rank #33,194

## Definitions
1. A hanging end or shred, in particular a long pointed strip of cloth at the edge of a piece of clothing, or one of a row of decorative strips of cloth that may ornament a tent, booth or fairground.
2. A dangling lock of sheep’s wool matted with dung.

## Etymology
From Middle English dagge, of uncertain (probably Germanic) origin, cognate with (Middle) Dutch dag, dagge, dagh. The sense "dangling lock of wool, matted with dung" (originally from the dialect of Kent) is also termed "daglock" (derived from the "hanging end" sense of "dag") or "daggle-lock" and some sources consider the sense a shortening of that longer word rather than a mere evolution of the "hanging end" sense.

## Easily confused with
- **do** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dag-vs-do)
- **Dr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dag-vs-dr)
- **de** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dag-vs-de)
- **DC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dag-vs-dc)
- **di** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dag-vs-di)
- **DJ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dag-vs-dj)
- **DM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dag-vs-dm)
- **DB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dag-vs-db)
- **DS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dag-vs-ds)
- **DD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dag-vs-dd)
- **DL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dag-vs-dl)
- **DT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dag-vs-dt)
- **DP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dag-vs-dp)
- **dw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dag-vs-dw)
- **Dx** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dag-vs-dx)
- **DG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dag-vs-dg)
- **DV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dag-vs-dv)
- **dy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dag-vs-dy)
- **DQ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dag-vs-dq)
- **did** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dag-vs-did)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dag