dem

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dem"

English edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /dɛm/
- Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -ɛm

Pronoun edit

dem

Nonstandard form of them.
- 2007 February 25, Sia Michel, “Stephen Marley in Tallahassee, M.I.A. in India and Klaxons on Fire”, in New York Times‎^[2]:
  Go tell dem natty dreadlocks no wear handcuff,” advises Damian Marley, his guest star and younger brother, who accuses the officers of jealousy.

Determiner edit

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.

Derived terms edit

gyal dem

Anagrams edit

D. Me., DME, EDM, Edm, MEd, Med, Med., med

Albanian edit

Etymology edit

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]

Noun edit

dem m (plural dema, definite demi, definite plural demat)

bull
main load-bearing beam in a floor

Declension edit

Declension of dem

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	dem	dema	demi	demat
accusative	dem	dema	demin	demat
dative	demi	demave	demit	demavet
ablative	demi	demash	demit	demavet

Synonyms edit

ter

References edit

^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎^[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 48

Catalan edit

Verb edit

dem

inflection of dar:
1. first-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
2. first-person plural imperative

Chinese edit

Etymology 1 edit

From clipping of English demonstrate.

Pronunciation edit

Cantonese (Jyutping): dem¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dem¹
  - Yale: colloquial sounds not defined
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dem¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dém¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛːm⁵⁵/

Verb edit

dem

(Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) to demonstrate; to show; to perform

Derived terms edit

dem beat

Etymology 2 edit

From clipping of English Democrat.

Proper noun edit

dem

(Internet slang, US Politics) Democratic Party (United States).
(Internet slang, US Politics) A member or supporter of the Democratic Party in the United States.

Danish edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /dɛm/, [ˈd̥ɛm], [d̥ɛm], [b̥m̩]

Pronoun edit

dem (nominative de, possessive deres)

them (3rd person plural, objective case)

Galician edit

Verb edit

dem

(reintegrationist norm) inflection of dar:
1. third-person plural present subjunctive
2. third-person plural imperative

German edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /deːm/ (stressed) (for the pronoun)
IPA^(key): /dem/, /dəm/, /dm̩/ (unstressed) (for the article)
audio (file)
audio (file)

Article edit

dem

dative masculine/neuter singular of der: the

Declension edit

German definite articles
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	der	die	das	die
Genitive	des	der	des	der
Dative	dem	der	dem	den
Accusative	den	die	das	die

Pronoun edit

dem (relative)

dative masculine/neuter singular of der: to whom, to which

Declension edit

Declension of der
	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 terms edit

Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /dʲɛmˠ/

Contraction edit

dem (triggers lenition)

(Munster) Contraction of de mo (“from my”).
Chrochas dem ghualainn é.
I suspended it from my shoulder.

Related terms edit

Irish preposition contractions

Basic form	Contracted with							Copular forms
Basic form	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.

Jamaican Creole edit

Etymology edit

From English them.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈdɛm/

Pronoun edit

dem

they (plural)
them (plural)
theirs (plural possessive)

Derived terms edit

fi dem

Related terms edit

Particle edit

dem

(postpositive) when placed after a noun phrase, the particle marks it as plural
mi fren dem ― my friends

Latin edit

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /dem/, [d̪ɛ̃ˑ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dem/, [d̪ɛm]

Verb edit

dem

first-person singular present active subjunctive of dō

Luxembourgish edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /dem/, [dəm]

Determiner edit

dem m

unstressed form of deem

Declension edit

Luxembourgish definite articles
	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nom./acc.	deen (den)	déi (d')	dat (d')	déi (d')
dat.	deem (dem)	där (der)	deem (dem)	deen (den)
gen.		der

Nigerian Pidgin edit

Etymology edit

From English them.

Pronoun edit

dem

them, they

Northern Kurdish edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *dī-, cognate with English time, Albanian ditë, Old Armenian տի (ti) and Sanskrit दीति (dītí, “brightness; time”).

Noun edit

dem f

time

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /dɛm/

Pronoun edit

dem

them

Pennsylvania German edit

Etymology edit

Compare German dem.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /dɛm/

Article edit

dem (definite)

dative masculine/neuter singular of der: the

Declension edit

Pennsylvania German definite articles
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	der	die	es	die
Dative	dem or em	der	dem or em	de
Accusative	der or den	die	es	die

Pitcairn-Norfolk edit

Etymology edit

From English them.

Pronoun edit

dem

them

References edit

Speak Norfolk Today: an Encyclopaedia of the Norfolk Island Language, by Alice Buffett, 1999.

Swedish edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈdɔm/
Homophone: de
Rhymes: -ɔm

Pronoun edit

dem (third-person plural)

them; accusative/dative of de
Misspelling of de.

Usage notes edit

In most dialects, de (“they”) and dem (“them”) are no longer distinguished in speech. They are regularly mixed up in writing by native speakers, due to lack of grammatical intuition. The article de is often mixed up with dem as well.

Declension edit

Swedish personal pronouns

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	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
	second	archaic	I	eder	eder, eders⁶	edert	edra
	third	—	de, dom³	dem, dom³	deras
	third	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

Article edit

dem

Misspelling of de.

Anagrams edit

med, med.

Turkish edit

Etymology 1 edit

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (tam-), from Proto-Turkic *tem- (“to drip”).

Noun edit

dem

dew

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Persian (dam).

Noun edit

dem (obsolete, poetic)

Synonyms edit

(breath): soluk
(moment): an

Etymology 3 edit

Borrowed from Arabic دم (dam).

Noun edit

dem

(obsolete, poetic) blood

Synonyms edit

kan

Wolof edit

Pronunciation edit

Audio

(file)

Verb edit

dem

to go

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of dem

	Present	Imperfect	Pluperfect	Future
1st s.	damay dem	dama doon dem	demoon naa	dinaa dem
2nd s.	dangay dem	danga doon dem	demoon nga	dinga dem
3rd s.	dafay dem	dafa doon dem	demoon na	dina dem
1st p.	dañuy dem	dañu doon dem	demoon nañu	dinañu dem
2nd p.	dangeen dem	dangeen doon dem	demoon ngeen	dingeen dem
3rd p.	deñuy dem	deñu doon dem	demoon nañu	dinañu dem
Imperative
singular	demal!
plural	demleen!

References edit

Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 100

Zazaki edit

Etymology edit

Related to Northern Kurdish dem.

Noun edit

dem

time

Zhuang edit

Etymology edit

From Chinese 添 (MC them).

Pronunciation edit

(Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /teːm˨˦/
Tone numbers: dem¹
Hyphenation: dem

Verb edit

dem (Sawndip form 𣷹, 1957–1982 spelling dem)

to add

Derived terms edit

dem gyaeuj dem rieng

[1] Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎^[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 48

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Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	common	neuter	plural
Singular	First	–	jeg	mig	min	mit	mine
	Second	modern / informal	du	dig	din	dit	dine
	Second	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
	First	archaic / formal	vi	os	vor	vort	vore
	Second	–	I	jer	jeres
	Third	–	de	dem	deres
	Third	reflexive	–	sig	deres

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	feminine	masculine	neuter	plural
Singular	First	–	jeg	meg	mi	min	mitt	mine
	Second	general	du	deg	di	din	ditt	dine
	Second	formal (rare)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	feminine (person)	hun	henne	hennes
		masculine (person)	han	ham / han	hans
		feminine (noun)	den		dens
		masculine (noun)	den		dens
		neuter (noun)	det		dets
		reflexive	–	seg	si	sin	sitt	sine
Plural	First	–	vi	oss	vår		vårt	våre
	Second	general	dere		deres
	Second	formal (very rare)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	general	de	dem	deres
	Third	reflexive	–	seg	si	sin	sitt	sine

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