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dem

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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[1]:
      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, MLE, slang) (clitic, postfix) A group of.

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).

NounEdit

dem m (indefinite plural dema, definite singular demi)

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

SynonymsEdit

DanishEdit

PronounEdit

dem (nominative de, possessive deres)

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

See alsoEdit

Danish personal pronouns
Number Person Inflection Nominative Accusative Possessive Reflexive Reflexive possessive
Singular First common jeg mig min
neuter mit
plural mine
Second common du dig din
neuter dit
plural dine
formal De Dem Deres
Third masculine han ham hans sig sin
feminine hun hende hendes
common den den dens
neuter det det dets sit
plural sine
Plural First — vi os vores
common vor
neuter vort
plural vore
Second – I jer jeres
formal De Dem Deres
Third – de dem deres sig

GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

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
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.

KurdishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

dem f

  1. time

LatinEdit

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')
dative deem (dem) där (der) deem (dem) deen (den)

Nigerian PidginEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English them.

PronounEdit

dem

  1. them, they

Norwegian BokmålEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

dem

  1. them

Pitcairn-NorfolkEdit

SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

dem (third-person plural)

  1. them; accusative/dative of de

DeclensionEdit

Swedish personal pronouns
subject object possessive
singular full full common neuter plural
1st person jag mig, mej3 min mitt mina
2nd person du dig, dej2 din ditt dina
3rd person masculine han honom, han2 hans
3rd person feminine hon henne hennes
3rd person gender-neutral hen1 hen1, henom1 hens1
3rd person common den den dess
3rd person neuter det det dess
3rd person indefinite man or en6 en ens
3rd person reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
plural
1st person vi oss vår, våran2 vårt, vårat2 våra
2nd person ni er, eder5 er, eran2, eder5 ert, erat2, edert5 era, edra5
3rd person de, dom4 dem, dom4 deras
3rd person reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
1Not universally accepted.
2Informal
3Colloquial pronunciation spelling sometimes found in colloquial texts.
4Informal pronunciation spelling found very often in informal writings.
5Dated
6Dialectal, also used lately as a gender-neutral alternative to man.

TurkishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

NounEdit

dem

  1. dew

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from Persian دم‎ (dam).

NounEdit

dem

  1. breath
  2. moment
SynonymsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

Borrowed from Arabic دم‎ (dam).

NounEdit

dem

  1. blood
SynonymsEdit

ZazakiEdit

EtymologyEdit

Related to Kurdish dem.

NounEdit

dem ?

  1. time
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