deras

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Galician

Verb

deras

  1. second-person singular pluperfect indicative of dar

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Malay deras, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəʀəs.

Adjective

deras

  1. heavy (of rate of flow)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Root

deras

  1. Alternative spelling of daras

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic.

Root

deras

  1. the sound of something being poured.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

Verb

deras

  1. second-person singular pluperfect indicative of dar

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Swedish þēra, from Old Norse þeirra, with the -s added in analogy with other genitive forms, specifically the masculine/neuter singular -s. Further from Proto-Germanic *þaizǫ̂, genitive plural of *sa, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tóysoHom, masculine/neuter genitive plural of Proto-Indo-European *só.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

deras

  1. their; belonging to them
    När grannarna är bortresta, vaktar jag deras hund
    When the neighbors are traveling, I tend their dog

Usage notes

Note the difference to sin:

När grannarna åker bort tar de med sig sin hund = When the neighbors travel, they bring their (own) dog.

That is, use sin if the subject of the sentence are the ones possessing something; deras otherwise.

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns
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
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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