dement

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See also: Dement and dément

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French dément, from Latin demens.

Adjective

dement

  1. (obsolete) insane, demented

Noun

dement (plural dements)

  1. An insane person, or one afflicted with dementia

Verb

dement (third-person singular simple present dements, present participle dementing, simple past and past participle demented)

  1. (transitive) To drive mad; to craze

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin demens, dementis.

Pronunciation

Noun

dement m anim

  1. moron (personal insult implying stupidity)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hlupák

Declension

Declension of dement (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative dement dementi, dementové
genitive dementa dementů
dative dementovi, dementu dementům
accusative dementa dementy
vocative demente dementi, dementové
locative dementovi, dementu dementech
instrumental dementem dementy

Further reading

  • “dement”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French dément, from Latin dēmēns, dēmentis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dəˈmɛnt/, /deːˈmɛnt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: de‧ment
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Adjective

dement (comparative dementer, superlative dementst)

  1. senile, demented

Declension

Declension of dement
uninflected dement
inflected demente
comparative dementer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial dement dementer het dementst
het dementste
indefinite m./f. sing. demente dementere dementste
n. sing. dement dementer dementste
plural demente dementere dementste
definite demente dementere dementste
partitive dements dementers —

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin demens, dementis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deˈmɛnt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: de‧ment

Adjective

dement (strong nominative masculine singular dementer, comparative dementer, superlative am dementesten)

  1. demented
  2. suffering from dementia

Declension

Positive forms of dement
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist dement sie ist dement es ist dement sie sind dement
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative dementer demente dementes demente
genitive dementen dementer dementen dementer
dative dementem dementer dementem dementen
accusative dementen demente dementes demente
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der demente die demente das demente die dementen
genitive des dementen der dementen des dementen der dementen
dative dem dementen der dementen dem dementen den dementen
accusative den dementen die demente das demente die dementen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein dementer eine demente ein dementes (keine) dementen
genitive eines dementen einer dementen eines dementen (keiner) dementen
dative einem dementen einer dementen einem dementen (keinen) dementen
accusative einen dementen eine demente ein dementes (keine) dementen
Comparative forms of dement
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist dementer sie ist dementer es ist dementer sie sind dementer
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative dementerer dementere dementeres dementere
genitive dementeren dementerer dementeren dementerer
dative dementerem dementerer dementerem dementeren
accusative dementeren dementere dementeres dementere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der dementere die dementere das dementere die dementeren
genitive des dementeren der dementeren des dementeren der dementeren
dative dem dementeren der dementeren dem dementeren den dementeren
accusative den dementeren die dementere das dementere die dementeren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein dementerer eine dementere ein dementeres (keine) dementeren
genitive eines dementeren einer dementeren eines dementeren (keiner) dementeren
dative einem dementeren einer dementeren einem dementeren (keinen) dementeren
accusative einen dementeren eine dementere ein dementeres (keine) dementeren
Superlative forms of dement
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am dementesten sie ist am dementesten es ist am dementesten sie sind am dementesten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative dementester dementeste dementestes dementeste
genitive dementesten dementester dementesten dementester
dative dementestem dementester dementestem dementesten
accusative dementesten dementeste dementestes dementeste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der dementeste die dementeste das dementeste die dementesten
genitive des dementesten der dementesten des dementesten der dementesten
dative dem dementesten der dementesten dem dementesten den dementesten
accusative den dementesten die dementeste das dementeste die dementesten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein dementester eine dementeste ein dementestes (keine) dementesten
genitive eines dementesten einer dementesten eines dementesten (keiner) dementesten
dative einem dementesten einer dementesten einem dementesten (keinen) dementesten
accusative einen dementesten eine dementeste ein dementestes (keine) dementesten

Further reading

  • “dement” in Duden online
  • “dement” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Latin

Verb

dēment

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of dēmō

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

dement (indefinite singular dement, definite singular and plural demente)

  1. demented, suffering from dementia

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

dement (indefinite singular dement, definite singular and plural demente)

  1. demented, suffering from dementia

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French dément.

Noun

dement m (plural demenți)

  1. demented

Declension

Declension of dement
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) dement dementul (niște) demenți demenții
genitive/dative (unui) dement dementului (unor) demenți demenților
vocative dementule demenților

Swedish

Adjective

dement (comparative dementare, superlative dementast)

  1. demented (suffering from dementia)

Declension

Inflection of dement
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular dement dementare dementast
Neuter singular dement dementare dementast
Plural dementa dementare dementast
Masculine plural3 demente dementare dementast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 demente dementare dementaste
All dementa dementare dementaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

See also

References

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