det
See also: Appendix:Variations of "det"
Translingual
English
Noun
det (plural dets)
- (grammar) Abbreviation of determiner.
- (military, US) Abbreviation of detachment.
Albanian
Alternative forms
- dejt, deejt, dejët
Etymology
Shortening of dialectal dēt (South Gheg), from archaic Arbëreshë dejt, dejët, from Proto-Albanian *deubeta, from pre-Albanian *dʰéubʰetos, enlargement of Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰos (“deep”), from *dʰewbʰ- (compare English deep, Lithuanian dubùs). Hyllested proposes a loanword from Greek δέλτα.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛt/
Declension
References
- Proto-Indo-European Reconstruction and Albanian Phonotactics Hyllested, Adam, 2016, Proceedings of the 26th Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference. Jamison, S. W., Melchert, H. C. & Vine, B. (eds.). Bremen: Hempen Verlag, p. 71
Alemannic German
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de/, [d̥e̝], [te̝]
- Rhymes: -e
Article
- (definite) the (used before an adjective preceding a noun)
- huset - the house; det gule hus - the yellow house
Pronoun
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 | First | modern | vi | os | vores | ||
archaic / formal | vor | vort | vore | ||||
Second | – | I | jer | jeres | |||
Third | – | de | dem | deres | |||
reflexive | – | sig |
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Low German det and dät.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛt/, /dət/, /dæt/
Audio (file)
Article
det
- (colloquial, Berlin-Brandenburg) Alternative form of das
- Gibste mir ma’ det Wasser?
- Could you pass me the water?
Irish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʲɛt̪ˠ/
Contraction
det (triggers lenition)
Related terms
Irish preposition contractions
Basic form | Contracted with | Copular forms | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
an (“the sg”) | na (“the pl”) | mo (“my”) | do (“your”) | a (“his, her, their; which (present)”) | ár (“our”) | ar (“which (past)”) | (before consonant) | (present/future before vowel) | (past/conditional before vowel) | |
de (“from”) | den | de na desna* | de mo dem* | de do ded*, det* | dá | dár | dar | darb | darbh | |
do (“to, for”) | don | do na dosna* | do mo dom* | do do dod*, dot* | dá | dár | dar | darb | darbh | |
faoi (“under, about”) | faoin | faoi na | faoi mo | faoi do | faoina | faoinár | faoinar | faoinarb | faoinarbh | |
i (“in”) | sa, san | sna | i mo im* | i do id*, it* | ina | inár | inar | inarb | inarbh | |
le (“with”) | leis an | leis na | le mo lem* | le do led*, let* | lena | lenár | lenar | lenarb | lenarbh | |
ó (“from, since”) | ón | ó na ósna* | ó mo óm* | ó do ód*, ót* | óna | ónár | ónar | ónarb | ónarbh | |
trí (“through”) | tríd an | trí na | trí mo | trí do | trína | trínár | trínar | trínarb | trínarbh | |
*Dialectal. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “det”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /det/, [d̪ɛt̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /det/, [d̪ɛt̪]
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronoun
det (genitive dets)
- it; third person singular, neuter gender. Nominative, accusative or dative.
- Er det det det er? Det er det det er.
- Is that what it is? That is what it is.
See also
Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
feminine | masculine | neuter | plural | |||||
Singular | First | – | jeg | meg | mi | min | mitt | mine |
Second | general | du | deg | di | din | ditt | dine | |
formal (rare) | De | Dem | Deres | |||||
Third | feminine (person) | hun | henne | hennes | ||||
masculine (person) | han | ham / han | hans | |||||
feminine (noun) | den | dens | ||||||
masculine (noun) | ||||||||
neuter (noun) | det | dets | ||||||
reflexive | – | seg | si | sin | sitt | sine | ||
Plural | First | – | vi | oss | vår | vårt | våre | |
Second | general | dere | deres | |||||
formal (very rare) | De | Dem | Deres | |||||
Third | general | de | dem | deres | ||||
reflexive | – | seg | si | sin | sitt | sine |
Article
det n
References
- “det” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deː/, [ˈdeː], [ˈdaː]
Audio (file) - Homophone: de
Article
det n
- the; only used if there is an adjective in front of the noun
- Dei bur i det kvite huset der borte.
- They live in the white house over there.
See also
Norwegian Nynorsk personal pronouns
person | first person | second person | reflexive | third person | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
case | singular | singular masculine | singular feminine | singular neuter | ||
nominative | eg, je1 | du | han | ho | det, dat2 | |
accusative | meg | deg | seg | han, honom2 | ho, henne2 | det, dat2 |
dative2 | meg | deg | seg | honom | henne | di2 |
genitive | min | din | sin | hans | hennar, hennes1 | dess3 |
case | plural | |||||
nominative | me, vi | de, dokker | dei | |||
accusative | oss, okk | dykk, dokker | seg | dei, deim2 | ||
dative | oss, okk | dykk, dokker | seg | deim2 | ||
genitive | vår, okkar | dykkar, dokkar | sin | deira, deires1 |
References
- “det” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Occitan, from Latin digitus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdet/
Audio (Languedocien) (file)
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish þæt, dhet‚ from Old Norse þat, from Proto-Germanic *þat, from Proto-Indo-European *tod, nominative and accusative singular neuter of *só.
Pronunciation 1
Pronoun
det n
- it; third-person singular, referring to nouns of neuter gender. Nominative, accusative or dative
- it; the impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement
- Det regnar.
- It is raining.
- it; the impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject or object
- Jag visste det!
- I knew it!
Usage notes
Declension
Swedish personal pronouns
Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
common | neuter | plural | |||||
singular | first | — | jag | mig, mej3 | min | mitt | mina |
second | — | du | dig, dej3 | din | ditt | dina | |
third | masculine (person) | han | honom, han2, en5 | hans | |||
feminine (person) | hon | henne, na5 | hennes | ||||
gender-neutral (person)1 | hen | hen, henom7 | hens | ||||
common (noun) | den | den | dess | ||||
neuter (noun) | det | det | dess | ||||
indefinite | man or en4 | en | ens | ||||
reflexive | — | sig, sej3 | sin | sitt | sina | ||
plural | first | — | vi | oss | vår, våran2 | vårt, vårat2 | våra |
second | — | ni | er | er, eran2, ers6 | ert, erat2 | era | |
archaic | I | eder | eder, eders6 | edert | edra | ||
third | — | de, dom3 | dem, dom3 | deras | |||
reflexive | — | sig, sej3 | sin | sitt | sina |
1Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, and has gained widespread acceptance today.
2Informal
3Colloquial pronunciation spelling.
4Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.
5Informal, somewhat dialectal
6Formal address
7Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council
Pronunciation 2
- IPA(key): /deː(t)/
Declension
Declension of det | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | det | detet | det | deten |
Genitive | dets | detets | dets | detens |
Pronunciation 3
- IPA(key): /dɛ/, (rare) /dɛt/
Article
det n
- the (when an adjective is used with a neuter gender noun in the definite – den is used for common gender nouns, and de for plural nouns, regardless of gender)
- ett hus
- a house
- huset
- the house
- ett rött hus
- a red house
- det röda huset
- the red house
- röda hus
- red houses (for comparison – note that "röd" has the same inflection in the definite and plural (and that the singular and plural of hus are identical)
Usage notes
See the usage notes for den, which explain how to express "the [adjective] [noun]."
References
Anagrams
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