det

See also: Appendix:Variations of "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

dejt, deejt, dejët

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

IPA^(key): /dɛt/

Noun edit

det m (plural dete, definite deti, definite plural detet)

sea

Declension edit

Declension of det

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	det	dete	deti	detet
accusative	det	dete	detin	detet
dative	deti	deteve	detit	detevet
ablative	deti	detesh	detit	detevet

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

IPA^(key): /de/, [d̥e̝], [te̝]
Rhymes: -e

Article edit

det n (common den, plural de)

(definite) the (used before an adjective preceding a noun)
huset - the house; det gule hus - the yellow house

Pronoun edit

det n (common den, plural de)

(demonstrative) that
(personal) it
(impersonal subject) it
Det regner.
It is raining.

German edit

Alternative forms edit

dat

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Low German det and dät.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /dɛt/, /dət/, /dæt/
Audio (file)

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

ded

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /dʲɛt̪ˠ/

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

Irish preposition contractions

Basic form	Contracted with							Copular forms
Basic form	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.

Latin edit

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /det/, [d̪ɛt̪]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /det/, [d̪ɛt̪]

Verb edit

det

third-person singular present active subjunctive of dō

Middle English edit

Noun edit

det

Alternative form of dette

Adjective edit

det

Alternative form of dette

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse þat.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈdeː/ (stressed)
IPA^(key): /də/ (unstressed)
Audio (file)

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.

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

From Old Norse þat.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /deː/
Audio (file)
Homophone: de

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

that; neuter of den

Related terms edit

den
dei

References edit

“det” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan edit

Alternative forms edit

dit

Etymology edit

From Old Occitan, from Latin digitus.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈdet/
Audio (Languedocien) (file)

Noun edit

det m (plural dets)

finger

Romansch edit

Etymology edit

From Latin digitus (“finger, toe”).

Noun edit

det m (plural dets)

(anatomy) finger

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

de' (eye dialect), de, d (pronunciation spellings)

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.
it; the impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject or object
Jag visste det!
I knew it!

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

Swedish personal pronouns

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	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
	second	archaic	I	eder	eder, eders⁶	edert	edra
	third	—	de, dom³	dem, dom³	deras
	third	reflexive	—	sig, sej³	sin	sitt	sina

¹Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, and has gained widespread acceptance today.

²Informal

³Colloquial pronunciation spelling.

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

Pronunciation 2 edit

IPA^(key): /deː(t)/

Pronoun edit

det n

(demonstrative) that

Noun edit

det n

(psychoanalysis) id
Synonym: underjag

Declension edit

Declension of det
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	det	detet	det	deten
Genitive	dets	detets	dets	detens

Pronunciation 3 edit

IPA^(key): /dɛ/, (rare) /dɛt/

Article edit

det n

the (when an adjective is used with a neuter gender noun in the definite – den is used for common gender nouns, and de for plural nouns, regardless of gender)
ett hus
a house

huset
the house

ett rött hus
a red house

det röda huset
the red house

röda hus
red houses (for comparison – note that "röd" has the same inflection in the definite and plural (and that the singular and plural of hus are identical)

Usage notes edit

See the usage notes for den, which explain how to express "the [adjective] [noun]."

Related terms edit

References edit

Anagrams edit

Ted

Venetian edit

Alternative forms edit

déo

Etymology edit

From Latin digitus.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [det]

Noun edit

det m (plural deđi)

finger
toe

Related terms edit

man (hand)
ongia (nail)
pè, pìe (foot)

Volapük edit

Noun edit

det (nominative plural dets)

right (all senses?)

Declension edit

declension of det

	singular	plural
nominative	det	dets
genitive	deta	detas
dative	dete	detes
accusative	deti	detis
vocative ¹	o det!	o dets!
predicative ²	detu	detus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

[1] 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

[1]

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

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	common	neuter	plural
Singular	First	–	jeg	mig	min	mit	mine
	Second	modern / informal	du	dig	din	dit	dine
	Second	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
	First	archaic / formal	vi	os	vor	vort	vore
	Second	–	I	jer	jeres
	Third	–	de	dem	deres
	Third	reflexive	–	sig	deres

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	feminine	masculine	neuter	plural
Singular	First	–	jeg	meg	mi	min	mitt	mine
	Second	general	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)	den		dens
		neuter (noun)	det		dets
		reflexive	–	seg	si	sin	sitt	sine
Plural	First	–	vi	oss	vår		vårt	våre
	Second	general	dere		deres
	Second	formal (very rare)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	general	de	dem	deres
	Third	reflexive	–	seg	si	sin	sitt	sine

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