dem

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See also: Dem, DEM, dêm, dëm, dem., -dem, đêm, and đếm

English

Pronunciation

Pronoun

dem

  1. Nonstandard form of them.
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Determiner

dem

  1. Nonstandard form of them. (in the sense of "those")
    What are dem fings doing 'ere?
  2. (Caribbean, MLE, slang) (clitic, postfix) A group of.

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *dama, from Proto-Indo-European *dm̥h₂-ó- (“bull”) (compare Irish damh, Ancient Greek δάμαλος (dámalos, “calf”)), from *demh₂- (“to tame”) (compare Latin domō, English tame).[1]

Noun

dem m (plural dema, definite demi, definite plural demat)

  1. bull
  2. main load-bearing beam in a floor

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 48

Danish

Pronoun

dem (nominative de, possessive deres)

  1. them (3rd person plural, objective case)

See also

Danish personal pronouns
Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
common neuter plural
Singular First – jeg mig min mit mine
Second modern / informal du dig din dit dine
formal De Dem Deres
Third masculine (person) han ham hans
feminine (person) hun hende hendes
common(noun) den dens
neuter(noun) det dets
reflexive – sig sin sit sine
Plural First modern vi os vores
archaic / formal vor vort vore
Second – I jer jeres
Third – de dem deres
reflexive – sig

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deːm/ (stressed) (for the pronoun)
  • IPA(key): /dem/, /dəm/, /dm̩/ (unstressed) (for the article)
  • audio(file)

Article

dem

  1. dative masculine/neuter singular of der: the

Declension

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

dem (relative)

  1. dative masculine/neuter singular of der: to whom, to which

Declension

Declension of der
masculine feminine neuter plural
nominative der die das die
genitive dessen deren
younger also: derer 		dessen derer
deren
dative dem der dem denen
accusative den die das die

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “dem” in Duden online

Irish

Pronunciation

Contraction

dem (triggers lenition)

  1. (Munster) Contraction of de mo (“from my”).
    Chrochas dem ghualainn é.
    I suspended it from my shoulder.

Related terms

Irish preposition contractions
Basic form Contracted with Copular forms
an (“the sg”) na (“the pl”) mo (“my”) do (“your”) a (“his, her, their; which (present)”) ár (“our”) ar (“which (past)”) (before consonant) (present/future before vowel) (past/conditional before vowel)
de (“from”) den de na
desna*		 de mo
dem*		 de do
ded*, det*		 dá dár dar darb darbh
do (“to, for”) don do na
dosna*		 do mo
dom*		 do do
dod*, dot*		 dá dár dar darb darbh
faoi (“under, about”) faoin faoi na faoi mo faoi do faoina faoinár faoinar faoinarb faoinarbh
i (“in”) sa, san sna i mo
im*		 i do
id*, it*		 ina inár inar inarb inarbh
le (“with”) leis an leis na le mo
lem*		 le do
led*, let*		 lena lenár lenar lenarb lenarbh
ó (“from, since”) ón ó na
ósna*		 ó mo
óm*		 ó do
ód*, ót*		 óna ónár ónar ónarb ónarbh
trí (“through”) tríd an trí na trí mo trí do trína trínár trínar trínarb trínarbh
*Dialectal.

Kurdish

Etymology

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Noun

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  1. time

Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) dem

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of dō

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

Determiner

dem m

  1. unstressed form of deem

Declension

Luxembourgish definite articles
masculine feminine neuter plural
nom./acc. deen (den) déi (d') dat (d') déi (d')
dat. deem (dem) där (der) deem (dem) deen (den)
gen. der

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English them.

Pronoun

dem

  1. them, they

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Pronoun

dem

  1. them

See also

    Personal pronouns in Bokmål
Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
feminine masculine neuter plural
Singular First – jeg meg mi min mitt mine
Second general du deg di din ditt dine
formal (rare) De Dem Deres
Third feminine (person) hun henne hennes
masculine (person) han ham / han hans
feminine (noun) den dens
masculine (noun)
neuter (noun) det dets
reflexive – seg si sin sitt sine
Plural First – vi oss vår vårt våre
Second general dere deres
formal (very rare) De Dem Deres
Third general de dem deres
reflexive – seg si sin sitt sine

Pitcairn-Norfolk

Pronoun

dem

  1. them

References

Swedish

Pronunciation

Pronoun

dem (third-person plural)

  1. them; accusative/dative of de

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns
Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
common neuter plural
singular first — jag mig, mej3 min mitt mina
second — du dig, dej3 din ditt dina
third masculine (person) han honom, han2, en5 hans
feminine (person) hon henne, na5 hennes
gender-neutral (person)1 hen hen, henom7 hens
common (noun) den den dess
neuter (noun) det det dess
indefinite man or en4 en ens
reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
plural first — vi oss vår, våran2 vårt, vårat2 våra
second — ni er er, eran2, ers6 ert, erat2 era
archaic I eder eder, eders6 edert edra
third — de, dom3 dem, dom3 deras
reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
1Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, and has gained widespread acceptance today.
2Informal
4Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.
5Informal, somewhat dialectal
6Formal address
7Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council

Anagrams

Turkish

Etymology 1

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (tam-), from Proto-Turkic *täm- (“to drip”).

Noun

dem

  1. dew

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian دم (dam).

Noun

dem

  1. breath
  2. moment
Synonyms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Arabic دم (dam).

Noun

dem

  1. blood
Synonyms

Zazaki

Etymology

Related to Kurdish.

Noun

dem

  1. time
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