"de" meaning in Danish

See de in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Article

IPA: /di/, [d̥i]
Rhymes: -i Etymology: From Old Danish thē, from Old Norse þeir, from Proto-Germanic *þai. Usage of this word as a gender-neutral third-person singular pronoun is a semantic loan from English they. Etymology templates: {{inh|da|gmq-oda|the|thē}} Old Danish thē, {{inh|da|non|þeir}} Old Norse þeir, {{inh|da|gem-pro|*þai}} Proto-Germanic *þai, {{sl|da|en|they|nocap=1}} semantic loan from English they Head templates: {{head|da|articles|g=p}} de pl
  1. plural definite article Tags: article, definite, plural Related terms: den [common-gender, singular], det (english: neuter gender singular)
    Sense id: en-de-da-article-jYfD5FoH Categories (other): Danish articles, Danish entries with incorrect language header, Old Danish links with redundant target parameters Disambiguation of Danish articles: 76 7 17 0 Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 49 13 38 0 Disambiguation of Old Danish links with redundant target parameters: 45 15 40 0

Pronoun

IPA: /di/, [d̥i]
Rhymes: -i Etymology: From Old Danish thē, from Old Norse þeir, from Proto-Germanic *þai. Usage of this word as a gender-neutral third-person singular pronoun is a semantic loan from English they. Etymology templates: {{inh|da|gmq-oda|the|thē}} Old Danish thē, {{inh|da|non|þeir}} Old Norse þeir, {{inh|da|gem-pro|*þai}} Proto-Germanic *þai, {{sl|da|en|they|nocap=1}} semantic loan from English they Head templates: {{head|da|pronouns|cat2=personal pronouns|cat3=demonstrative pronouns}} de
  1. (personal pronoun) they (third-person plural) Tags: personal, pronoun
    Sense id: en-de-da-pron-PVy0jGmQ Categories (other): Old Danish links with redundant target parameters Disambiguation of Old Danish links with redundant target parameters: 45 15 40 0
  2. (personal pronoun, nonstandard) they (gender-neutral third-person singular) Tags: nonstandard, personal, pronoun
    Sense id: en-de-da-pron-P1GSkf0G Categories (other): Danish demonstrative pronouns, Danish personal pronouns, Danish pronouns, Old Danish links with redundant target parameters Disambiguation of Danish demonstrative pronouns: 28 25 40 7 Disambiguation of Danish personal pronouns: 24 23 44 9 Disambiguation of Danish pronouns: 19 24 40 17 Disambiguation of Old Danish links with redundant target parameters: 45 15 40 0
  3. (determiner) those Tags: determiner
    Sense id: en-de-da-pron-YSDX~wCs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: jeg, mig, min, mit, mine, du, dig, din, dit, dine, De, Dem, Deres, han, ham, hans, hun, hende, hendes, den, dens, det, dets, man, en, ens, , sig, sin, sit, sine, vi, os, vores, vor, vort, vore, I, jer, jeres, dem, deres
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        },
        {
          "english": "Those tables were usually reserved for the VIP's and the arrangers.",
          "text": "2015, Lynne Graham, Claire Baxter, Den lunefulde kærlighed/Min bedste ven, min elskede, Förlaget Harlequin AB →ISBN\nDe borde var normalt forbeholdt VIP'erne og arrangørerne.",
          "translation": "Those tables were usually reserved for the VIP's and the arrangers.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "those"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "those",
          "those"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(determiner) those"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "determiner"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/di/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̥i]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-i"
    }
  ],
  "word": "de"
}

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