Wiktionary

dem

See also: Dem, DEM, dêm, dëm, dem., Dem., -dem, đêm, and đếm

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /dɛm/
    • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛm

PronounEdit

dem

  1. 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

  1. Nonstandard form of them. (in the sense of "those")
    What are dem fings doing 'ere?
  2. (Caribbean, Jamaica, MLE, slang) (clitic, suffix) A group of.

Derived termsEdit

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)

  1. bull
  2. main load-bearing beam in a floor

DeclensionEdit

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

SynonymsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  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

ChineseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From clipping of English demonstrate.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

dem

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to demonstrate; to show; to perform

Derived termsEdit

DanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

PronounEdit

dem (nominative de, possessive deres)

  1. them (3rd person plural, objective case)

See alsoEdit

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

GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

ArticleEdit

dem

  1. dative masculine/neuter singular of der: the

DeclensionEdit

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

PronounEdit

dem (relative)

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

DeclensionEdit

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 termsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • “dem” in Duden online
  • “dem” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

IrishEdit

PronunciationEdit

ContractionEdit

dem (triggers lenition)

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

Related termsEdit

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.

Jamaican CreoleEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English them.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

dem

  1. they (plural)
  2. them (plural)
  3. theirs (plural possessive)

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

ParticleEdit

dem

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

LatinEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

dem

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of dō

LuxembourgishEdit

PronunciationEdit

DeterminerEdit

dem m

  1. unstressed form of deem

DeclensionEdit

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 PidginEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English them.

PronounEdit

dem

  1. them, they

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

  1. time

Norwegian BokmålEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

dem

  1. them

See alsoEdit

    Personal pronouns in Bokmål
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 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 – dere deres
Third general de dem deres
reflexive – seg si sin sitt sine

Pennsylvania GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Compare German dem.

PronunciationEdit

ArticleEdit

dem m (definite)

  1. the

DeclensionEdit

Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural
Nominative der die es die
Accusative der die es die
Dative dem der em de

Pitcairn-NorfolkEdit

PronounEdit

dem

  1. them

ReferencesEdit

SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

dem (third-person plural)

  1. them; accusative/dative of de
  2. Misspelling of de.

Usage notesEdit

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.

DeclensionEdit

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
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

See alsoEdit

ArticleEdit

dem

  1. Misspelling of de.

AnagramsEdit

TurkishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

NounEdit

dem

  1. dew

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from Persian دم‎ (dam).

NounEdit

dem

  1. breath
  2. moment
SynonymsEdit
  • (breath): soluk (obselete or regional)
  • (moment): an (obselete or regional)

Etymology 3Edit

Borrowed from Arabic دم‎ (dam).

NounEdit

dem

  1. (obsolete, poetic) blood
SynonymsEdit

WolofEdit

PronunciationEdit

Audio(file)

VerbEdit

dem

  1. 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

  1. time

ZhuangEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Chinese 添 (MC tʰem).

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

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

  1. to add
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