dem

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

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛm/
• Rhymes: -ɛm

Pronoun

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.

Determiner

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.
   • 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.

Anagrams

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

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *dama, from Proto-Indo-European *dm̥h₂-ó- (“bull”) (compare Irish damh, Greek δάμαλος (dámalos, “calf”)), from *demh₂- (“to tame”) (compare Latin domō, English tame).

Noun

dem m (indefinite plural dema, definite singular demi)

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

Synonyms

• ter

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Danish

Pronoun

dem (nominative de, possessive deres)

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

See also

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

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German

Pronunciation

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

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Article

dem (definite)

1. the; dative singular masculine of der
2. the; dative singular neuter of der

Declension

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

dem (relative)

1. dative singular masculine of der
2. dative singular neuter of der

Declension

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

• dementsprechend
• demgegenüber
• demzufolge

Further reading

• dem in Duden online

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲɛmˠ/

Contraction

dem (triggers lenition)

1. (Munster) Contraction of de mo.

   Chrochas dem ghualainn é.

   I suspended it from my shoulder.

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.

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Kurdish

Etymology

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

Noun

dem f

1. time

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Latin

Verb

dem

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of dō

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Luxembourgish

Determiner

dem m

1. unstressed form of deem

Declension

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)

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Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English them.

Pronoun

dem

1. them, they

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Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛm/

Pronoun

dem

1. them

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Pitcairn-Norfolk

Pronoun

dem

1. them

References

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

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔm/

Pronoun

dem (third-person plural)

1. them; accusative or dative of de

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns

	subject	object	possessive
singular	full	full	common	neuter	plural
1st person	jag	mig	min	mitt	mina
2nd person	du	dig	din	ditt	dina
3rd person masculine	han	honom	hans
3rd person feminine	hon	henne	hennes
3rd person gender-neutral	hen*	hen*/henom*	hens*
3rd person common	den	den	dess
3rd person neuter	det	det	dess
3rd person indefinite	man/en	en	ens
3rd person reflexive	—	sig	sin	sitt	sina
plural
1st person	vi	oss	vår	vårt	våra
2nd person	ni	er eder (dated)	er	ert	era
3rd person	de	dem	deras
3rd person reflexive	—	sig	sin	sitt	sina

*Not universally accepted.

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Turkish

Etymology 1

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

Noun

dem

1. dew

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian دم‎ (dam).

Noun

dem

1. breath
2. moment

Synonyms

• (breath): soluk
• (moment): an

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Arabic دم‎ (dam).

Noun

dem

1. blood

Synonyms

• kan

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Zazaki

Etymology

Related to Kurdish dem.

Noun

dem ?

1. time