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dis

Pronunciation: /diːs/

“dis” is a Swedish word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. mist, haze; a thin fog

Etymology

From Low German dis (“haze”), of West Germanic origin (compare Dutch dijs (“mist, fog”), West Frisian diish), of uncertain origin; possibly from Middle Low German dûnster, from Old Saxon *thinstar, from Proto-West Germanic *þimstr (“dusky, dark”). If so, related to modern Dutch deemster (“twilight”).

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