du

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[edit] Amanab

[edit] Noun

du

  1. a kind of bird

[edit] Breton

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dubu- (black), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (black).

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈdyː/

[edit] Adjective

du

  1. black
  2. swollen
  3. starved

[edit] Noun

du m.

  1. black

[edit] Mutation

Breton consonant mutation
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed
singular du zu unchanged tu tu
plural [[d{{{3}}}]] [[z{{{3}}}]] unchanged [[t{{{3}}}]] [[t{{{3}}}]]

[edit] Cornish

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dubu- (black), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (black).

[edit] Adjective

du

  1. black

[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse þú, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (you).

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /du/, [d̥u]

[edit] Pronoun

du (objective dig)

  1. (personal) you (2nd person singular subject pronoun, informal)
[edit] See also

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Norse duga.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /duː/, [d̥uːˀ]

[edit] Verb

du (imperative du, present dur or duer, past duede, past participle duet)

  1. be good
  2. be fit

[edit] Dena'ina

[edit] Particle

du

  1. interrogative particle (placed at the end of the sentence to make a question)

[edit] Esperanto

Esperanto cardinal numbers
 <  1 2 3   > 
    Cardinal : du
    Ordinal : dua
    Adverbial : due
    Multiplier : duobla

[edit] Etymology

Latin duo or Lithuanian du

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Cardinal number

du

  1. (cardinal) two (2)

[edit] Derived terms


[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Contraction

du

  1. contraction of de + le (of the).
  2. contraction of de + le, forms the partitive article.
    The partitive article signifies "some", but it often is not translated in English, Dutch, or German.

[edit] German

[edit] Alternative forms

[edit] Etymology

From Old High German du, akin to Old Saxon thu and English thou.

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Pronoun

du

  1. (personal) you (sg., informal, friends, relatives).

[edit] Inflection

The genitive case deiner is more and more rarely used in modern German.

  • While the genitive of personal pronouns does express ownership, it must not be confused with possessive pronouns. While possessive pronouns such as dein are put in front of the noun they relate to and follow the inflection rules of adjectives, the genitive form of personal pronouns only has got one from, which is not further inflected. Additionally, personal pronouns in Genitive can be put after the word they relate to.

[edit] Derived terms


[edit] Gothic

[edit] Romanization

du

  1. Romanization of 𐌳𐌿

[edit] Ido

[edit] Cardinal number

du

  1. (cardinal) two (2)

[edit] Kurdish

[edit] Cardinal number

du

  1. (cardinal) two (2)

[edit] Lithuanian

[edit] Cardinal number

du m. (feminine dvi)

  1. (cardinal) two (2)

[edit] Declension


[edit] Lojban

[edit] Etymology

Derived from dunli.

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Cmavo

du

  1. (identity selbri) x1 equals x2, x3, x4, ...
    li pa su'i vo du li mu
    one plus four equals five

[edit] See also


[edit] Luxembourgish

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þū.

[edit] Pronoun

du

  1. second-person singular, nominative: you
    Wéi al bass du? — How old are you?

[edit] Declension


[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Romanization

du

  1. Nonstandard spelling of .
  2. Nonstandard spelling of .
  3. Nonstandard spelling of .
  4. Nonstandard spelling of .

[edit] Usage notes

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.


[edit] Middle Dutch

[edit] Etymology

From Old Dutch thū, from Proto-Germanic *þū.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /dyː/, /dy/
  • (Limburg) IPA: /duː/, /du/

[edit] Pronoun

du

  1. thou, you (singular, informal)

[edit] Declension


[edit] Usage notes

This pronoun began to be replaced by ghi in formal address during the Middle Dutch period, and eventually fell out of use altogether.

[edit] Synonyms


[edit] Norman

[edit] Noun

du

  1. duke

[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse þú.

[edit] Pronoun

du (accusative deg)

  1. you (familiar sg)

[edit] References

  • du” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk DictionaryDokumentasjonsprosjektet.

[edit] See also


[edit] Old French

[edit] Alternative forms

[edit] Contraction

du

  1. contraction of de + le (of the)

[edit] Old High German

[edit] Etymology

Proto-Germanic *þū, whence also Old English þu, Old Norse þú.

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Pronoun

du

  1. you (sing.)

[edit] Romanian

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Verb

du

  1. second-person singular imperative form of duce.
    Du-te acasă.
    Go home.

[edit] Swedish

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Pronoun

du

  1. (personal) you (familiar sg.).
  2. (personal) thou.

[edit] Usage notes

While du is the traditionally familiar mode of address, it is since the early '70s the standard in almost all circumstances, possibly capitalized in formal communications. Recently, use of the second-person plural pronoun ni as a less familiar (and thus more formal) pronoun has appeared to some extent, but mainly amongst shopkeepers towards the customers.

The same pronoun ni has also been used historically as a formal way of address, but its use has (in particular in Sweden, not so much in Swedish-speaking parts of Finland) been restricted to addressing people of lower social status, whereby a plethora of different constructions were employed as to avoid the issue of pronouns whatsoever. See also the article about T-V distinction in Wikipedia.

[edit] Declension


[edit] Venetian

[edit] Etymology

Compare Italian due

[edit] Cardinal number

du m.

  1. two

[edit] Synonyms


[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Verb

du

  1. walk

[edit] Derived terms


[edit] Welsh

[edit] Adjective

du (formal plural duon, comparative duach, superlative duaf)

  1. black
    Mae ganddo fo fwstash du - He has a black mustache

[edit] Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
du ddu nu unchanged
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