Dem

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dem"

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɛm/
  • Rhymes: -ɛm

Noun

Dem (plural Dems)

  1. (US politics) Clipping of Democrat.

See also

Anagrams

Danish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɛm/, [d̥ɛm] or IPA(key): /dəm/, [d̥m̩], [b̥m̩]

Pronoun

Dem

  1. (personal, formal) you (object pronoun: the person being addressed)

See also
Danish personal pronouns
Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
common neuter plural
Singular First– jeg mig min mit mine
Second modern / informal du dig din dit dine
formal De Dem Deres
Third masculine (person) han ham hans
feminine (person) hun hende hendes
common(noun) den dens
neuter(noun) det dets
reflexive – sig sin sit sine
Plural Firstmodern vi os vores
archaic / formal vor vort vore
Second– I jer jeres
Third– de dem deres
reflexive – sig

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Dem in 1936. Derived from Limburgish dem (“dam”). Named after a complex of workers' barracks.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɛm/
  • Hyphenation: Dem
  • Rhymes: -ɛm

Proper noun

Dem n

  1. A neighbourhood of Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands.

References
  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “dem”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎ (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronoun

Dem

  1. accusative of De
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