dem

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛm/

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• 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, 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.

Noun

dem (plural dems)

1. Clipping of demonstration.

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, Ancient Greek δάμαλος (dámalos, “calf”)), from *demh₂- (“to tame”) (compare Latin domō, English tame).

Noun

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

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

Declension

declension of dem

	indefinite forms (trajta të pashquara)			definite forms (trajta të shquara)
	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

Synonyms

• ter

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Danish

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

dem (nominative de, possessive deres)

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

See also

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

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German

Pronunciation

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

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Article

dem

1. dative masculine/neuter singular of der: the

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

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 (“from my”).

   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
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.

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Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dī-, cognate with English time, 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dem/, [dəm]

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

See also

    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	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

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Pennsylvania German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛm/

Etymology

Compare German dem.

Article

dem m (definite)

1. the

Declension

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

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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/dative of de

Declension

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	hans
		feminine (person)	hon	henne	hennes
		gender-neutral (person)1	hen	henom, hen2	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, ers5	ert, erat2	era
		archaic	I	eder	eder, eders5	edert	edra
	third	—	de, dom3	dem, dom3	deras
		reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina

¹Not universally accepted neologism.

²Informal

³Colloquial pronunciation spelling.

⁴Dialectal, also used lately as a gender-neutral alternative to man.

⁵Formal address

Anagrams

• med, med.

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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

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Zhuang

Etymology

From Chinese 添 (MC tʰem).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

dem (old orthography dem)

1. to add