Daus

Etymology
From, from , from. Applied on a person possibly the same word, being most frequent in the interjection “Ei der Daus!”, stemming from the deuce, the highest card, being played, and hence having an ambiguous sense depending on the angle of view; however descendants of or  might be in the game.

Noun

 * 1) deuce, the number two in German games

Noun

 * 1) deuce, hunk, splendid bloke, a devil of a fellow