den

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.5 Anagrams 2 Czech 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Declension 2.3.2 Derived terms 3 Danish 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Article 3.3 Pronunciation 3.4 Pronoun 3.5 Pronoun 3.6 Related terms 4 Dutch 4.1 Noun 4.2 Article 4.2.1 Usage notes 4.2.2 Declension 4.2.3 Usage notes 5 German 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Article 5.2.1 Declension 5.3 Pronoun 6 Japanese 6.1 Noun 7 Norwegian 7.1 Pronoun 7.2 Pronoun 7.3 Article 7.4 Related terms 8 Spanish 8.1 Verb 9 Swedish 9.1 Pronunciation 9.2 Pronoun 9.3 Pronoun 9.4 Article 9.5 Related terms

[edit] English

[edit] Noun

den (plural dens)

1. The home of certain animals.

   Daniel was put into the lions’ den.

2. A comfortable room not used for formal entertaining.

[edit] Etymology

Old English denn

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• Rhymes: -ɛn

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• (home of certain animals): lair

  See also: Wiktionary appendix of animal terms, including their homes

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to den (third-person singular simple present dens, present participle denning, simple past and past participle denned)

1. (reflexive) To ensconce or hide oneself in (or as in) a den.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: den
• DNE
• end
• ned, Ned, NED

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[edit] Czech

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dьnь.

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• IPA: /dɛn/

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den m. (inanimate)

1. day

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• dobrý den
• deník m.

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[edit] Danish

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• IPA: [d̥n]

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den c. (neuter det, plural de)

1. (definite) the (used before an adjective preceding a noun)

   bilen - the car; den røde bil - the red car

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• IPA: [d̥ɛɱ]

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den c. (neuter det, plural de)

1. (demonstrative) that

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den c. (neuter det, plural de)

1. (personal) it

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• det
• disse
• de
• dem

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[edit] Dutch

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den m. (plural dennen, diminutive dennetje)

1. pine, pine tree

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den (definite)

1. (archaic) Dative (singular or plural) masculine form of de.
2. (archaic) Dative (singular) neuter form of het.

   In den beginne schiep God den hemel en de aarde — In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth

3. (archaic) Accusative singular masculine form of de.

   De baron gaf den koetsier een wenk en het rijtuig rolde heen. — The baron gave the coachman a sign and the carriage rode away. (from the story Gaston von Frankrijk by J.J.A. Goeverneur)

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The use of den was dropped from written Dutch during the spelling reform of 1947; de is now used instead.

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Dutch definite article
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	de	de	het	de
Genitive	des	der	des	der
Dative	den	de	den	den
Accusative	den	de	het	de

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Normally only the nominative is used; other forms are archaic but survive in a number of idiomatic expressions.

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[edit] German

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den (definite)

1. the; Accusative masculine singular of der.
2. the; Dative plural for all genders of der.

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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

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den

1. that; whom; Accusative singular of der.

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[edit] Japanese

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den (hiragana でん)

1. 伝: legend, tradition, life, biography, comment, communication
2. 電: electric
3. 田: rice paddy

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[edit] Norwegian

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den (genitive dens)

1. it; third person singular, masculine/feminine gender. Nominative, accusative or dative.

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den n.

1. (demonstrative pronoun) that

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den n.

1. The; only used if there is an adjective in front of the noun.

   bilen: the car → den røde bilen: the red car

[edit] Related terms

• den
• de
• dem

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den (infinitive: dar)

1. second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of dar.
2. third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present subjunctive form of dar.
3. second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of dar.

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den (nominative, accusative, and dative third person singular common gender, genitive dess)

1. it

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den c. (demonstrative)

1. that

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den c. (definite)

1. (before an adjective preceding a noun) the

   den röda bilen - “the red car”

[edit] Related terms

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