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 | ||||||||
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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]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /det/, [d̪ɛt̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /det/, [d̪ɛt̪]
Verb
[edit]det
Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]det
- Alternative form of dette
Adjective
[edit]det
- Alternative form of dette
North Frisian
[edit]Article
[edit]det
- (Föhr-Amrum) the (feminine and neuter singular, full form)
Alternative forms
[edit]See also
[edit]masculine | feminine / neuter |
plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
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
[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.
See also
[edit]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
[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.
- 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]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
Noun
[edit]det n
- (psychoanalysis) id
- Synonym: underjag
Declension
[edit]See also
[edit]Pronunciation 3
[edit]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]Venetan
[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?)
Declension
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