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Translingual

Symbol

det

  1. (mathematics) determinant function

English

Noun

det (plural dets)

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

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. sea

Declension

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

References

  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

Alemannic German

Adverb

det

  1. Alternative form of deet

Danish

Pronunciation

Article

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

det n (common den, plural de)

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

See also

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 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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German det and dät.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛt/, /dət/, /dæt/
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Article

det

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

Pronoun

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Contraction

det (triggers lenition)

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

Related terms

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.

Further reading

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

det

  1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of dō

Middle English

Noun

det

  1. Alternative form of dette

Adjective

det

  1. Alternative form of dette

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse þat.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

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.

See also

    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

det n

  1. (demonstrative pronoun) that

Article

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

Related terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þat.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

det

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

Article

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.

Determiner

det

  1. that; neuter of den

Related terms

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk personal pronouns
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
1Obsolete. 2Landsmål. 3Rare or literary. Cursive forms unofficial today.


References

Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin digitus.

Pronunciation

Noun

det m (plural dets)

  1. finger

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin digitus (“finger, toe”).

Noun

det m (plural dets)

  1. (anatomy) finger

Swedish

Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation 1

Pronoun

det n

  1. it; third-person singular, referring to nouns of neuter gender. Nominative, accusative or dative
  2. it; the impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement
    Det regnar.
    It is raining.
  3. it; the impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject or object
    Jag visste det!
    I knew it!
Usage notes
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
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, and has gained widespread acceptance today.
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
See also

Pronunciation 2

Pronoun

det n

  1. (demonstrative) that

Noun

det n

  1. (psychoanalysis) id
    Synonym: underjag
Declension
Declension of det 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative det detet det deten
Genitive dets detets dets detens
See also

Pronunciation 3

  • IPA(key): /dɛ/, (rare) /dɛt/

Article

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)
Usage notes

See the usage notes for den, which explain how to express "the ."

Related terms

References

Anagrams

Venetian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin digitus.

Pronunciation

Noun

det m (plural deđi)

  1. finger
  2. toe

Related terms

Volapük

Noun

det (nominative plural dets)

  1. right (all senses?)

Declension

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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