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Pronoun [Danish]

IPA: [d̥i] Forms: Dem [accusative], Deres [genitive]
Etymology: Derived from the third-person plural pronoun de. Calque of German Sie. Etymology templates: {{calque|da|de|Sie}} Calque of German Sie Head templates: {{head|da|pronoun|second-person singular nominative||accusative|Dem|genitive|Deres|cat2=personal pronouns}} De (second-person singular nominative, accusative Dem, genitive Deres)
  1. (personal, formal) The formal counterpart to du, you. Tags: formal, nominative, personal, second-person, singular

Proper name [English]

Forms: Te [alternative], Tê [alternative]
enPR: dǔ Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 德 (dé, “virtue, manliness”). Etymology templates: {{wp|De Prefecture}}, {{bor|en|cmn-pinyin|-}} Hanyu Pinyin, {{bor|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{der|en|zh|德||virtue, manliness}} Chinese 德 (dé, “virtue, manliness”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} De
  1. (historical) A former prefecture of imperial China around Dezhou in northwestern Shandong. Tags: historical Categories (place): Places in China Translations (Translations): 德州 (Dézhōu) (Chinese Mandarin)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name [English]

Etymology: From Bengali [Term?]. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|bn}} Bengali [Term?] Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} De
  1. A surname from India
    Sense id: en-De-en-name-rSfQdEFw Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Pronoun [Norwegian Bokmål]

Head templates: {{head|nb|pronoun}} De
  1. (rare) polite form of du and dere Tags: form-of, polite, rare Form of: du and dere

Proper name [Old Irish]

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], De [error-unrecognized-form], nDe [error-unrecognized-form]
Head templates: {{head|sga|proper noun form}} De Inflection templates: {{sga-mutation}}
  1. alternative spelling of Dé Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of:
    Sense id: en-De-sga-name-v20jza8p Categories (other): Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "A surname from India"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "De"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "pronoun"
      },
      "expansion": "De",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header",
        "Norwegian Bokmål lemmas",
        "Norwegian Bokmål pronouns",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms with rare senses",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "du and dere"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "polite form of du and dere"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "du",
          "du#Norwegian_Bokmål"
        ],
        [
          "dere",
          "dere#Norwegian_Bokmål"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) polite form of du and dere"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "polite",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "De"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "De",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nDe",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "proper noun form"
      },
      "expansion": "De",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "Dé"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Irish non-lemma forms",
        "Old Irish proper noun forms",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative spelling of Dé"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Dé",
          "Dé#Old_Irish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "De"
}

Download raw JSONL data for De meaning in All languages combined (6.1kB)

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: De/Old Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "De"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "De",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
    "De"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "De",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nasalization'",
  "path": [
    "De"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "De",
  "trace": ""
}

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