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See also: du and Appendix:Variations of "du"
Breton
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From du (“black”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Du m
See also
[edit]Cornish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Du m
See also
[edit]Ewe
[edit]From Ewe du, meaning "town" or "settlement". In naming, it conveys a sense of community or locality.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA: /dù/, [dù]
Noun
[edit]Du
- In Ewe culture, refers to a town or community, often used in personal names to reflect a sense of belonging or place.
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Pronoun
[edit]Du
- Alternative letter-case form of du (“you (singular)”) (especially when used as a direct address in letters)
- Weihegebet an das heiligſte Herz Jeſu:
- Sei Du, o Herr, König nicht nur der Gläubigen, die nie von Dir gewichen sind, sondern auch der verlorenen Söhne, die Dich verlassen haben.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Weihegebet an das heiligſte Herz Jeſu:
Usage notes
[edit]- As of 1996 and 2004, the forms Du, Dein etc. were deprecated by the German official spelling rules;[1][2] as of 2006 and 2011, they are permitted (as variants of du, dein etc.) only in letters.[3][4]
Declension
[edit]German personal pronouns
singular | plural | singular and plural | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st person | 2nd person familiar1 |
3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person familiar1 |
3rd person | 2nd person polite/formal | |||
m | f | n | |||||||
nominative | ich | du -e2 |
er | sie -se2 |
es | wir | ihr | sie -se2 |
Sie Ihr3 |
genitive | meiner mein3 |
deiner dein3 |
seiner sein3 |
ihrer | seiner sein3 |
unser | euer | ihrer | Ihrer Euer3 |
dative | mir | dir | ihm | ihr | ihm | uns | euch | ihnen | Ihnen Euch3 |
accusative | mich | dich | ihn | sie -se2 |
es | uns | euch | sie -se2 |
Sie Euch3 |
1These forms are sometimes capitalized, especially in letters. 2enclitic, colloquial 3archaic
Noun
[edit]Du n (strong, genitive Dus, no plural)
- (literally) the thou, the you (singular)
- jemandem das Du anbieten
- to offer someone to address each other with the pronoun du/Du
- (literally, “to offer someone the thou”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Du [sg-only, neuter, strong]
References
[edit]- ^ Deutsche Rechtschreibung – Regeln und Wörterverzeichnis – Amtliche Regelung, 1996, p. 68, §66
- ^ Deutsche Rechtschreibung – Regeln und Wörterverzeichnis – Amtliche Regelung – Überarbeitete Fassung 2004, 2004, p. 68, §66
- ^ Deutsche Rechtschreibung – Regeln und Wörterverzeichnis – Entsprechend den Empfehlungen des Rats für deutsche Rechtschreibung – Überarbeitete Fassung des amtlichen Regelwerks 2004 – München und Mannheim - Februar 2006, 2006, p. 72, §66E
- ^ Deutsche Rechtschreibung – Regeln und Wörterverzeichnis – Entsprechend den Empfehlungen des Rats für deutsche Rechtschreibung – Überarbeitete Fassung des amtlichen Regelwerks 2004 mit den Nachträgen aus dem Bericht 2010 – München und Mannheim - Februar 2006, 2011, p. 72, §66E
Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
- Rhymes: -u
Proper noun
[edit]Du m
- a diminutive of the male given name Eduardo
Tagalog
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Hokkien 俞 (Lû) or 呂/吕 (Lū). Doublet of Lu, Lou, Loo, Luy, and Lew.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈdu/ [ˈd̪u]
- Rhymes: -u
- Syllabification: Du
Proper noun
[edit]Du (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓ)
Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Sino-Vietnamese word from 攸.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zu˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [jʊw˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [jʊw˧˧]
- Homophones: du, (North Vietnam) ru
Proper noun
[edit]- a unisex given name from Chinese
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