det

det

1. (mathematics) determinant function

det (plural dets)

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

• dejt, deejt, dejët

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]

• IPA^(key): /dɛt/

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

1. sea

det

1. Alternative form of deet

• IPA^(key): /de/, ,
• Rhymes: -e

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

det n (common den, plural de)

1. (demonstrative) that
2. (personal) it
3. (impersonal subject) it

   Det regner.

   It is raining.

• dat

Borrowed from Low German det and dät.

• IPA^(key): /dɛt/, /dət/, /dæt/

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det

1. (colloquial, Berlin-Brandenburg) Alternative form of das

   Gibste mir ma’ det Wasser?

   Could you pass me the water?

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

• ded

• IPA^(key): /dʲɛt̪ˠ/

det (triggers lenition)

1. (Munster) Contraction of de do (“from your sg”).

   Ar chuiris det chroí é? ― Did you get it off your chest?

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “det”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /det/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /det/,

det

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of dō

det

1. Alternative form of dette

det

1. Alternative form of dette

det

1. (Föhr-Amrum) the (feminine and neuter singular, full form)

   Coordinate term: (reduced) at (a)

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

From Old Norse þat.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeː/ (stressed)
• IPA^(key): /də/ (unstressed)

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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.

det n

1. (demonstrative pronoun) that

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

• den
• de
• dem

• “det” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse þat.

• IPA^(key): /deː/, ,

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• Homophone: de

det

1. it; third person singular, neuter gender

   er det det det er - is that what it is

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.

det

1. that; neuter of den

• den
• dei

• “det” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• dit

From Old Occitan, from Latin digitus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdet/

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det m (plural dets)

1. finger

From Latin digitus (“finger, toe”).

det m (plural dets)

1. (anatomy) finger

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.

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

• 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/,
• IPA^(key): (unstressed, when used as a clitic) /ɛt/
  • Homophones: ett, ätt

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!

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.

• den
• de
• dess
• deras
• tro't

• IPA^(key): /deː(t)/

det n

1. (demonstrative) that

det n

1. (psychoanalysis) id

   Synonym: underjag

• jag
• överjag

• IPA^(key): /dɛ/, (rare) /dɛt/

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)

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

• den
• det här
• det där
• den här
• den där
• dessa
• de
• dem

• det in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• det in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• Ted

• déo

From Latin digitus.

• IPA^(key):

det m (plural deđi)

1. finger
2. toe

• man (hand)
• ongia (nail)
• pè, pìe (foot)

det (nominative plural dets)

1. right (all senses?)