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det

See also: Appendix:Variations of "det"

Translingual

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Symbol

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det

  1. (mathematics) determinant function

English

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Noun

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det (plural dets)

  1. (grammar) Abbreviation of determiner.
  2. (military, US) Abbreviation of detachment.

Albanian

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Etymology

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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]

Alternatively reconstructed as from dejët < deët < *débeti- < *dábeti- < *dáu̯bati- "depth" or *débita- < Pre-Proto-Albanian *dábita < *dáu̯beta- "deep" < PIE *dʰeu̯bʰeto- "sea".[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dɛt/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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

  1. sea

Declension

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

References

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  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
  2. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl / Neri, Sergio (2020): det -i. In: DPEWA.URL: https://www.dpwa.gwi.uni-muenchen.de/dictionary/?lemmaid=13995

Alemannic German

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Adverb

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det

  1. Alternative form of deet

Danish

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Pronunciation

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

Article

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det n (common den, plural de)

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

Pronoun

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det n (common den, plural de)

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

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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 (uncommon) De Dem Deres
Third masculine (person) han ham hans
feminine (person) hun hende hendes
common (noun) den dens
neuter (noun) det dets
indefinite man en ens
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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Low German det and dät.

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Article

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det

  1. (colloquial, Berlin-Brandenburg) Alternative form of das
    Gibste mir ma’ det Wasser?
    Could you pass me the water?

Pronoun

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det

  1. (colloquial, Berlin-Brandenburg) Alternative form of das
    Det weeß ik nich'.
    I don't know that.
  2. (colloquial, Berlin-Brandenburg, neuter nominative) it

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Contraction

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det (triggers lenition)

  1. (Munster) Contraction of de do (“from your sg”).
    Ar chuiris det chroí é? ― Did you get it off your chest?
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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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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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det

  1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of dō

Middle English

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Noun

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det

  1. Alternative form of dette

Adjective

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det

  1. Alternative form of dette

North Frisian

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Article

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det

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) the (feminine and neuter singular, full form)
    Coordinate term: (reduced) at (a)

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  • (feminine): jü (Mooring), di (Sylt)
  • (neuter): dåt (Mooring), dit (Sylt)

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Articles (Föhr-Amrum dialect)
singular plural
m f / n
definite /
demonstrative 		full de det dön
reduced a at, 't a
indefinite /
numeral 		full een ian —
reduced en
negative neen nian
While the feminine gender has generally been merged into the neuter, a certain number of traditionally feminine nouns still alternatively take the reduced definite article a alongside at.
The form 't is enclitic and occurs only after prepositions.

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse þat.

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Pronoun

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det (genitive dets)

  1. 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.

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    Personal pronouns in Bokmål
Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
feminine masculine neuter plural
Singular First – jeg meg mi min mitt mine
Second general du deg di din ditt dine
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 general dere deres
formal (very rare) De Dem Deres
Third general de dem deres
reflexive – seg si sin sitt sine

Pronoun

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det n

  1. (demonstrative pronoun) that

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det n

  1. the; only used if there is an adjective in front of the noun
    huset: the house → det røde huset: the red house
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse þat.

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Pronoun

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det

  1. it; third person singular, neuter gender
    er det det det er - is that what it is

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det n

  1. 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.

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det

  1. that; neuter of den
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Norwegian Nynorsk personal pronouns
first person second person reflexive third person
masculine feminine neuter
singular 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
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

1Obsolete. 2Landsmål. 3Rare or literary. Italic forms unofficial today.

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Occitan

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Etymology

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From Old Occitan, from Latin digitus.

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Noun

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det m (plural dets)

  1. finger

Romansch

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Etymology

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From Latin digitus (“finger, toe”).

Noun

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det m (plural dets)

  1. (anatomy) finger

Swedish

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Etymology

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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.

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

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Pronoun

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det n

  1. it; third-person singular, referring to nouns of neuter gender. Nominative, accusative or dative
    Jag ser ett hus. Det är stort.
    I see a house. It is big.
    – Ser du huset? – Ja, jag ser det.
    – Do you see the house? – Yes, I see it.
  2. it; the impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement
    Det regnar
    It is raining
    Det är soligt idag
    It is sunny today
    Det spökar på slottet
    The castle is haunted
    (literally, “It "ghosts" (there is ghostly activity) at the castle”)
  3. it, there; the impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject or object
    Det är inte lätt när det är svårt
    It's not easy when it's hard [jocular proverb]
    Det står en kvinna där borta
    There is a woman standing over there
    Är det okej om vi parkerar här?
    Is it okay if we park here?
    Jag visste det!
    I knew it!
    Ta det lugnt
    Take it easy [calmly]
    Ta're lugnt [common unstressed pronunciation variant – see IPA]
    Take it easy
    (Ni får) ha're så kul på Gröna Lund! [common unstressed pronunciation variant]
    Have fun at Gröna Lund! [an amusement park in Stockholm]
    (literally, “(You may) have it so fun at Gröna Lund!”)
Usage notes
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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
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Swedish personal pronouns
Number Person 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
1Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, though it remains limited.
2Informal
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
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Pronunciation 2

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Pronoun

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det n

  1. (demonstrative) that

Noun

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det n

  1. (psychoanalysis) id
    Synonym: underjag
Declension
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Declension of det
nominative genitive
singular indefinite det dets
definite detet detets
plural indefinite det dets
definite deten detens
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Pronunciation 3

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  • IPA(key): /dɛ/, (rare) /dɛt/

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det n

  1. 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)
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See the usage notes for den, which explain how to express "the [adjective] [noun]."

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Anagrams

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Venetan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin digitus.

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Noun

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det m (plural deđi)

  1. finger
  2. toe
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Volapük

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Noun

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det (nominative plural dets)

  1. right (all senses?)

Declension

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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

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