den

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Middle English den, from Old English denn (“den, lair (of a beast), cave; a swine-pasture, a woodland pasture for swine”), from Proto-Germanic *danjō (“threshing-floor, barn-floor”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“flat surface, board, sheet, area, palm of the hand”). Cognate with Scots den (“den, lair”), Dutch denne (“burrow, den, cave, attic”), Dutch den (“ship's deck, threshing-floor, mountain floor”), Middle Low German denne, danne (“threshing-floor, small dale”), German Tenne (“threshing-floor”).

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

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.

Synonyms [edit]

Translations [edit]

home of certain animals
living room of a house

Verb [edit]

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.

Anagrams [edit]

Breton [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Celtic *gdonyo- (“human, person”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰom-yo- (“earthling, human”), a derivation of *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈdẽːn/

Noun [edit]

den m

  1. human being
  2. person, man
  3. husband

Cornish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Celtic *gdonyo- (“human, person”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰom-yo- (“earthling, human”), a derivation of *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [deːn], [deən]

Noun [edit]

den m (plural tus)

  1. man
  2. person

Czech [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Slavic *dьnь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic, from Proto-Indo-European *déi-no-, ultimately from *dyew-, *dyeu- (“to shine”).

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

den m inanimate

  1. day

Declension [edit]

    declension of den
singular plural
nominative den dni, dny
genitive dne, dnu dní, dnů
dative dni, dnu dním, dnům
accusative den dni, dny
vocative dne dni, dny
locative dni, dnu dních, dnech
instrumental dnem dny

Derived terms [edit]

Danish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Norse þann, the accusative form of sá, from Proto-Germanic *sa (“that”), from Proto-Indo-European *só (“this, that”).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /dən/, /dɛn/, [d̥ən] or ['d̥ɛnˀ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛn, -ən

Article [edit]

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

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /dɛn/, [d̥ɛnˀ] or IPA: /dən/, [d̥ən]

Pronoun [edit]

den c (neuter det, plural de)

  1. (demonstrative) that, the
  2. (personal) it

See also [edit]

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
formal 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
formal De Dem Deres
Third – de dem deres sig

Dutch [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

den m (plural dennen, diminutive dennetje)

  1. pine, pine tree

Synonyms [edit]

Article [edit]

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)
  4. (dialectal) Masculine (singular) definite article.

Declension [edit]

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


Derived terms [edit]

Usage notes [edit]

  • The use of den was dropped from written Dutch during the spelling reform of 1947; de is now used instead.
  • Normally only the nominative is used; other forms are archaic but survive in a number of idiomatic expressions.

German [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Article [edit]

den (definite)

  1. the; accusative masculine singular of der
  2. the; dative plural for all genders of der

Declension [edit]

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 [edit]

den

  1. that; whom; accusative singular of der

Irish [edit]

Contraction [edit]

den

  1. Contraction of de an.
    Bhris mé den chrann é. — I broke it off the tree.
    Fuair sé bás den ocras. — He died of hunger.

Usage notes [edit]

This contraction is obligatory, i.e. *de an never appears uncontracted. It triggers lenition of a following consonant other than d, s, or t.

Japanese [edit]

Romanization [edit]

den

  1. See でん

Lojban [edit]

Rafsi [edit]

den

  1. rafsi of denci.

Luxembourgish [edit]

Determiner [edit]

den m

  1. unstressed form of deen

Declension [edit]

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)

Malay [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (Johor-Selangor) IPA: /den/
  • (Riau-Lingga) IPA: /dɪn/
  • Rhymes: -den, -en

Pronoun [edit]

den

  1. I, me, my

See also [edit]

Malay personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person familiar aku / اکو kami / کامي (exclusive)
kita / کيت (inclusive)
polite saya / ساي
2nd person familiar engkau / اڠکاو
kamu / کامو
awak / اوق
polite anda / اندا
3rd person dia / دي
ia / اي
-nya / -ڽ		 mereka / مريک

Mandarin [edit]

Romanization [edit]

den

  1. Nonstandard spelling of dēn.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of dèn.

Usage notes [edit]

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Norwegian Bokmål [edit]

Pronoun [edit]

den (genitive dens)

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

Pronoun [edit]

den n

  1. (demonstrative pronoun) that

Article [edit]

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

Related terms [edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk [edit]

Pronoun [edit]

den m and f (neuter det, plural dei)

  1. (demonstrative pronoun) that

Article [edit]

den

  1. the; only used if there is an adjective in front of the noun.
    Han køyrde den raude bilen.
    He drove the red car.

Spanish [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Verb [edit]

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.

Swedish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Norse þann, accusative of sá, from Proto-Germanic *sa.

Pronunciation [edit]

Pronoun [edit]

den c

  1. it
  2. that

Declension [edit]

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

Article [edit]

den c (definite)

  1. (before an adjective preceding a noun) the
    den röda bilen - “the red car”

Related terms [edit]

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