dem

See also Dem, DEM, đêm, and đếm

English

Pronoun

dem

1. Eye dialect spelling of them.
   • 2007 February 25, Sia Michel, “Stephen Marley in Tallahassee, M.I.A. in India and Klaxons on Fire”:

     Go tell dem natty dreadlocks no wear handcuff,” advises Damian Marley, his guest star and younger brother, who accuses the officers of jealousy.

Anagrams

• DME, D. Me.; Edm, EDM; med, Med, MEd

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Albanian

Noun

dem m.

1. bull

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Danish

Pronoun

dem (nominative de, possessive deres)

1. them (3rd person plural, objective case)

See also

Danish personal pronouns

Number	Person	Inflection	Nominative	Accusative	Possessive	Reflexive	Reflexive possessive
Singular	First	common	jeg	mig	min
		neuter			mit
		plural			mine
	Second	common	du	dig	din
		neuter			dit
		plural			dine
		polite form	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	masculine	han	ham	hans	sig	sin
		feminine	hun	hende	hendes
		common	den	den	dens
		neuter	det	det	dets		sit
		plural					sine
Plural	First	—	vi	os	vores
		common			vor
		neuter			vort
		plural			vore
	Second	–	I	jer	jeres
		polite form	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	–	de	dem	deres	sig

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: /deːm/

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Article

dem (definite)

1. the; dative singular masculine of der
2. the; dative singular neuter of das

Declension

German definite articles
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	der	die	das	die
Genitive	des	der	des	der
Dative	dem	der	dem	den
Accusative	den	die	das	die

Pronoun

dem (relative)

1. dative singular masculine of der
2. dative singular neuter of das

Declension

German relative pronouns
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	der	die	das	die
Genitive	dessen	deren	dessen	deren
Dative	dem	der	dem	denen
Accusative	den	die	das	die

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Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dī-, cognate with English time, Welsh dydd, Albanian ditë, Armenian տի and Sanskrit ... (dīti).

Noun

dem

1. time

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Latin

Verb

dem

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of dō

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Luxembourgish

Determiner

dem m.

1. unstressed form of deem

Declension

Luxembourgish definite articles
	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nom./acc.	deen (den)	déi (d')	dat (d')	déi (d')
dative	deem (dem)	där (der)	deem (dem)	deen (den)

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Nigerian Pidgin

Pronoun

dem

1. them, they

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Norfuk

Pronoun

dem

1. them

References

• Speak Norfolk Today: an Encyclopaedia of the Norfolk Island Language‎, by Alice Buffett, 1999.

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Norwegian

Pronoun

dem

1. them

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdɔm/

Pronoun

dem (third person plural)

1. them; accusative or dative of de

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns

	subject	object	possessive
singular	full	full	common	neuter	plural
1st person	jag	mig	min	mitt	mina
2nd person	du	dig	din	ditt	dina
3rd person masculine	han	honom	hans
3rd person feminine	hon	henne	hennes
3rd person common	den	den	dess
3rd person neuter	det	det	dess
3rd person indefinite	man	en	ens
3rd person reflexive	—	sig	sin	sitt	sina
plural
1st person	vi	oss	vår	vårt	våra
2nd person	ni	er	er	ert	era
3rd person	de	dem	deras
3rd person reflexive	—	sig	sin	sitt	sina

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Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *täm.

Noun

dem

1. breath