Dej

See also: dej, dëj, and děj

English

Etymology

From Romanian Dej.

Proper noun

Dej

1. A city in Cluj County, in northwestern Romania.

Translations

city in Romania

• German: Desch, Burglos
• Hindi: देझ़ (deź)
• Hungarian: Dés (hu)
• Romanian: Dej (ro) m
• Yiddish: דעעש (deesh)

Anagrams

• Jed

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛj/
• Rhymes: -ɛj
• Syllabification: Dej

Proper noun

Dej m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Dej

	singular	plural
nominative	Dej	Dejowie
genitive	Deja	Dejów
dative	Dejowi	Dejom
accusative	Deja	Dejów
instrumental	Dejem	Dejami
locative	Deju	Dejach
vocative	Deju	Dejowie

Proper noun

Dej f (indeclinable, traditional married form Dejowa, traditional unmarried form Dejówna)

1. a female surname

Further reading

• “Dej”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2025–2030

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian Dés, from Latin Desiderius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deʒ/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Dej m

1. a city in Cluj County, Romania

Slovak

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟej/, [ˈɟeɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -ej

Proper noun

Dej m pers (female equivalent Dejová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Dej
(pattern chlap)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Dej	Dejovia	Dejovci
genitive	Deja	Dejov	Dejovcov
dative	Dejovi	Dejom	Dejovcom
accusative	Deja	Dejov	Dejovcov
locative	Dejovi	Dejoch	Dejovcoch
instrumental	Dejom	Dejmi	Dejovcami

Further reading

• “Dej”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026