det
Translingual Edit
Symbol Edit
det
- (mathematics) determinant function
English Edit
Noun Edit
det (plural dets)
- (grammar) Abbreviation of determiner.
- (military, US) Abbreviation of detachment.
Albanian Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
Shortening of dialectal dēt (South Gheg), from archaic Arbëreshë dejt, dejët, from Proto-Albanian *deubeta, from pre-Albanian *dʰéubʰetos, enlargement of Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰos (“deep”), from *dʰewbʰ- (compare English deep, Lithuanian dubùs). Hyllested proposes a loanword from Greek δέλτα.[1]
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
det m (plural dete, definite deti, definite plural detet)
Declension Edit
References Edit
- ^ Proto-Indo-European Reconstruction and Albanian Phonotactics Hyllested, Adam, 2016, Proceedings of the 26th Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference. Jamison, S. W., Melchert, H. C. & Vine, B. (eds.). Bremen: Hempen Verlag, p. 71
Alemannic German Edit
Adverb Edit
det
- Alternative form of deet
Danish Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Article Edit
- (definite) the (used before an adjective preceding a noun)
- huset - the house; det gule hus - the yellow house
Pronoun Edit
See also Edit
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 |
German Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from Low German det and dät.
Pronunciation Edit
Article Edit
det
- (colloquial, Berlin-Brandenburg) Alternative form of das
- Gibste mir ma’ det Wasser?
- Could you pass me the water?
Pronoun Edit
det
- (colloquial, Berlin-Brandenburg) Alternative form of das
- Det weeß ik nich'.
- I don't know that.
- (colloquial, Berlin-Brandenburg, neuter nominative) it
Irish Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Contraction Edit
det (triggers lenition)
- (Munster) Contraction of de do (“from your sg”).
- Ar chuiris det chroí é? ― Did you get it off your chest?
Related terms Edit
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. |
Further reading Edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “det”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Latin Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Verb Edit
det
Middle English Edit
Noun Edit
det
- Alternative form of dette
Adjective Edit
det
- Alternative form of dette
Norwegian Bokmål Edit
Etymology Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Pronoun Edit
det (genitive dets)
- it; third person singular, neuter gender. Nominative, accusative or dative.
- Er det det det er? Det er det det er. - Is that what it is? That is what it is.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
See also Edit
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 | |
Second formal (rare) | – | De | Dem | Deres | ||||
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 | |||||
Second formal (very rare) | – | De | Dem | Deres | ||||
Third | general | de | dem | deres | ||||
reflexive | – | - | seg | si | sin | sitt | sine |
Pronoun Edit
det n
- (demonstrative pronoun) that
Article Edit
det n
- the; only used if there is an adjective in front of the noun
- huset: the house → det røde huset: the red house
Related terms Edit
References Edit
- “det” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk Edit
Etymology Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Pronoun Edit
det
- it; third person singular, neuter gender
- er det det det er - is that what it is
Article Edit
det n
- the; only used if there is an adjective in front of the noun
- Dei bur i det kvite huset der borte.
- They live in the white house over there.
Determiner Edit
det
Related terms Edit
See also Edit
person | first person | second person | reflexive | third person | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
case | singular | singular masculine | singular feminine | singular neuter | ||
nominative | eg, je1 | du | han | ho | det, dat2 | |
accusative | meg | deg | seg | han, honom2 | ho, henne2 | det, dat2 |
dative2 | meg | deg | seg | honom | henne | di2 |
genitive | min | din | sin | hans | hennar, hennes1 | dess3 |
case | plural | |||||
nominative | me, vi | de, dokker | dei | |||
accusative | oss, okk | dykk, dokker | seg | dei, deim2 | ||
dative | oss, okk | dykk, dokker | seg | deim2 | ||
genitive | vår, okkar | dykkar, dokkar | sin | deira, deires1 |
References Edit
- “det” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
From Old Occitan, from Latin digitus.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
det m (plural dets)
Romansch Edit
Etymology Edit
From Latin digitus (“finger, toe”).
Noun Edit
det m (plural dets)
Swedish Edit
Etymology Edit
From Old Swedish þæt, dhet‚ from Old Norse þat, from Proto-Germanic *þat, from Proto-Indo-European *tod, nominative and accusative singular neuter of *só.
Alternative forms Edit
Pronunciation 1 Edit
- IPA(key): /dɛː/
- Rhymes: -ɛː
- IPA(key): /deː/
- Homophones: D, d, de
- Rhymes: -eː
- IPA(key): (in careful speech) /dɛːt/, /deːt/
- Rhymes: -eːt
- IPA(key): (unstressed, following a sonorous sound) /rɛ/, [ɾɛ]
- IPA(key): (unstressed, when used as a clitic) /ɛt/
- Homophones: ett, ätt
Pronoun Edit
det n
- It; third-person singular, referring to nouns of neuter gender. Nominative, accusative or dative
- it; the impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement
- Det regnar.
- It is raining.
- Det regnar.
- it; the impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject or object
- Jag visste det!
- I knew it!
- Jag visste det!
Usage notes Edit
- Impersonal pronoun
- This is not used to declare what time it is: instead use either an explicit klockan ("the clock") or either of den or hon.
Declension Edit
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 |
See also Edit
Pronunciation 2 Edit
Pronoun Edit
det n
- (demonstrative) that
Pronunciation 3 Edit
Article Edit
det n
- the; only used if there is an adjective in front of the noun.
- huset: the house → det röda huset: the red house
Usage Notes Edit
- Note that in that type of case, it is mandatory to use det as an article as well as that the adjective after it must be in its plural form and get -a suffix despite that the noun is actually in its singular form.
- ett (nytt) bord
- a (new) table
- bordet
- the table
- det nya bordet
- the new table
Related terms Edit
References Edit
Anagrams Edit
Venetian Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
det m (plural deđi)
Related terms Edit
Volapük Edit
Noun Edit
det (nominative plural dets)
- right (all senses?)