dem
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
dem
- Nonstandard form of them.
- 2007, February 25, “Sia Michel”, in Stephen Marley in Tallahassee, M.I.A. in India and Klaxons on Fire[2]:
- Go tell dem natty dreadlocks no wear handcuff,” advises Damian Marley, his guest star and younger brother, who accuses the officers of jealousy.
DeterminerEdit
dem
- Nonstandard form of them. (in the sense of "those")
- What are dem fings doing 'ere?
- (Caribbean, Jamaica, MLE, slang) (clitic, suffix) A group of.
- 2009, Dizzee Rascal, Chillin' Wiv Da Man Dem,
- Chillin' wiv da man dem
- Jammin' wiv da man dem
- It's all good in the hood wiv da man dem
- 2010, Plan B, Stay Too Long,
- I’ve got my peeps dem with me shouting pull up your socks,
- Cos we just broke the law and now we're running from cops.
- 2009, Dizzee Rascal, Chillin' Wiv Da Man Dem,
NounEdit
dem (plural dems)
- Clipping of demonstration.
AnagramsEdit
AlbanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Albanian *dama, from Proto-Indo-European *dm̥h₂-ó- (“bull”) (compare Irish damh, Ancient Greek δάμαλος (dámalos, “calf”)), from *demh₂- (“to tame”) (compare Latin domō, English tame).[1]
NounEdit
dem m (indefinite plural dema, definite singular demi, definite plural demat)
DeclensionEdit
indefinite forms (trajta të pashquara) |
definite forms (trajta të shquara) | ||||
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singular (numri njëjës) |
plural (numri shumës) |
singular (numri njëjës) |
plural (numri shumës) | ||
nominative (emërore) |
dem | dema | demi | demat | |
accusative (kallëzore) |
dem | dema | demin | demat | |
genitive (gjinore) (i/e/të/së) |
demi | demave | demit | demavet | |
dative (dhanore) |
demi | demave | demit | demavet | |
ablative (rrjedhore) |
demi | demash | demit | demavet |
SynonymsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 48
DanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
dem (nominative de, possessive deres)
- them (3rd person plural, objective case)
See alsoEdit
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 |
GermanEdit
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /deːm/ (stressed) (for the pronoun)
- IPA(key): /dem/, /dəm/, /dm̩/ (unstressed) (for the article)
audio (file)
ArticleEdit
dem
DeclensionEdit
German definite articles | ||||
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Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural | |
Nominative | der | die | das | die |
Genitive | des | der | des | der |
Dative | dem | der | dem | den |
Accusative | den | die | das | die |
PronounEdit
dem (relative)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of der | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
nominative | der | die | das | die |
genitive | dessen | deren younger also: derer |
dessen | derer deren |
dative | dem | der | dem | denen |
accusative | den | die | das | die |
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “dem” in Duden online
IrishEdit
PronunciationEdit
ContractionEdit
dem (triggers lenition)
- (Munster) Contraction of de mo (“from my”).
- Chrochas dem ghualainn é.
- I suspended it from my shoulder.
Related termsEdit
Basic form | Contracted with | Copular forms | ||||||||
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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 | |
fara (“along with, beside”) | fairis an | fairis na | fara mo | fara do | farana | faranár | faranar | faranarb | faranarbh | |
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. |
LatinEdit
VerbEdit
dem
LuxembourgishEdit
PronunciationEdit
DeterminerEdit
dem m
- unstressed form of deem
DeclensionEdit
Luxembourgish definite articles | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
nom./acc. | deen (den) | déi (d') | dat (d') | déi (d') |
dative | deem (dem) | där (der) | deem (dem) | deen (den) |
Nigerian PidginEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronounEdit
dem
Northern KurdishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Indo-European *dī-, cognate with English time, Albanian ditë, Old Armenian տի (ti) and Sanskrit दीति (dītí, “brightness; time”).
NounEdit
dem f
Norwegian BokmålEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
dem
See alsoEdit
Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
feminine | masculine | neuter | plural | |||||
Singular | First | – | jeg | meg | mi | min | mitt | mine |
Second | – | du | deg | di | din | ditt | dine | |
Third | feminine (person) | hun | henne | hennes | ||||
masculine (person) | han | han/ham | 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 | – | dere | dere | deres | ||||
Third | – | de | dem | deres |
Pennsylvania GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
ArticleEdit
dem m (definite)
DeclensionEdit
Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nominative | der | die | es | die |
Accusative | der | die | es | die |
Dative | dem | der | em | de |
Pitcairn-NorfolkEdit
PronounEdit
dem
ReferencesEdit
- Speak Norfolk Today: an Encyclopaedia of the Norfolk Island Language, by Alice Buffett, 1999.
SwedishEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
dem (third-person plural)
- them; accusative/dative of de
DeclensionEdit
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 |
AnagramsEdit
TurkishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (tam-), from Proto-Turkic *täm- (“to drip”).
NounEdit
dem
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from Persian دم (dam).
NounEdit
dem
SynonymsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
Borrowed from Arabic دم (dam).
NounEdit
dem
SynonymsEdit
WolofEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio | (file) |
VerbEdit
dem
- to go
ReferencesEdit
Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 100
ZazakiEdit
EtymologyEdit
Related to Northern Kurdish dem.
NounEdit
dem ?
ZhuangEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Standard Zhuang, Shuangqiao) IPA(key): /teːm˨˦/
- Tone numbers: dem1
- Hyphenation: dem
VerbEdit
dem (old orthography dem)
- to add