deu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "deu"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of German Deutsch.

Symbol

deu

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2/T & ISO 639-3 language code for German., i.e. Standard High German including regiolects like Berlinian (several High German dialects have separate ISO-codes like bar (“Bavarian”), gsw (“Alemannic”), ksh (“Kölsch”), sxu (“Upper Saxon”), sli (“Silesian”), swg (“Swabian”))

See also

• de

Further reading

• deu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Aragonese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeu̯/
• Rhymes: -eu̯
• Syllabification: deu

Numeral

deu

1. alternative form of diez

References

• Juan Pablo Martínez Cortés et al. (2021), Gramatica basica de l'aragonés, Zaragoza: University of Zaragoza Press, page 121
• Martínez Tur, Feliciano; Rodés Orquín, Francho (2022), “diez / deu v. ort. dèu”, in Diccionario aragonés-castellano-catalán‎^[1], Zaragoza, Spain: Estudio de Filolochía Aragonesa, Edicions Dichitals de l’Academia de l’Aragonés, published April 2025, →ISSN, page 1026

Asturian

Alternative forms

• dedu, didu

Etymology

From Latin digitus. Compare Spanish dedo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeu̯/ [ˈd̪øu]
• Rhymes: -eu̯
• Syllabification: deu

Noun

deu m (plural deos)

1. finger
2. digit (of feet)

Derived terms

• deu gordu
• deu hermanín
• deu manón
• deu mayor
• deu meñique
• deu meñín
• deu moñín
• deu pulgar

Related terms

• deda
• dedón

Catalan

Catalan numbers ^(edit)

		100
[a], [b] ←  1	←  9	10	11  →	20  →
		1[a], [b]
Cardinal: deu     Ordinal (Central): desè     Ordinal (Valencian): desé     Ordinal (Latinate): dècim     Ordinal abbreviation (Central): 10è     Ordinal abbreviation (Valencian): 10é     Ordinal abbreviation (Latinate): 10m     Multiplier: dècuple
Catalan Wikipedia article on 10

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin decem, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈde̞w]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈdɛw]
• Rhymes: -ɛw

Numeral

deu m or f

1. (cardinal number) ten

Noun

deu m (plural deus)

1. ten

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Catalan dou, of pre-Roman origin; influenced by Latin dux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈde̞w]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈdɛw]
• Rhymes: -ɛw

Noun

deu f (plural deus)

1. spring (source of water)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈde̞w]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈdəw]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈdɛw]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈdew]
• Rhymes: -ɛw

Verb

deu

1. inflection of deure:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

deu (obsolete)

1. inflection of dar:
   1. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person plural imperative

Cornish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

deu

1. ended, finished, over

Derived terms

• amser a dheu (“future tense”)
• termyn a dheu (“future”, noun)

Mutation

Mutation of deu

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
deu	dheu	unchanged	teu	teu

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• “deu” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

Galician

Verb

deu

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of dar

Japanese

Romanization

deu

1. Rōmaji transcription of でう

Leonese

Etymology

From Latin digitus (“finger”). Compare Portuguese and Spanish dedo.

Noun

deu m

1. finger

References

• “deu”, in Diccionario Castellano-Leonés / Leonés-Castellano [Spanish-Leonese / Leonese-Spanish Dictionary] (in Spanish), La Asociación L'Alderique, 2012–2026

Michif

Etymology

From Canadian French deux.

Numeral

deu

1. two

Middle English

Noun

deu

1. alternative form of dew

Middle French

Verb

deu

1. past participle of debvoir

Middle Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *dow, from Proto-Celtic *duwo, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deʉ̯/

Numeral

deu m (feminine dwy, triggers soft mutation)

1. two

   For quotations using this term, see Citations:deu.

Derived terms

• wylldeu

Descendants

• Welsh: dau

Mutation

Mutated forms of deu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
deu	ðeu	neu	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Nias

Noun

deu

1. mutated form of teu (“rain”)

Norman

Alternative forms

• deû

Etymology

From Old French duel, from Late Latin dolus, derived from Latin dolor (“pain”), or possibly from Vulgar Latin *dolium, from Latin cordolium (“sorrow of the heart”), from dolor.

Noun

deu m (uncountable)

1. (Jersey) mourning

Derived terms

• chef dé deu (“chief mourner”)
• êt' en deu (“to be in mourning”)
• prendre lé deu (“take mourning”)

Occitan

Alternative forms

• del
• dal
• dau

Pronunciation

• Audio (Gascony):

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Contraction

deu

1. Contraction of de + lo

Old French

Alternative forms

• deü (used by some scholars)
• du (uncommon)

Verb

deu

1. past participle of devoir

Old Irish

Noun

deu

1. alternative spelling of déu

Mutation

Mutation of deu

radical	lenition	nasalization
deu	deu pronounced with /ðʲ-/	ndeu

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdew/ [ˈdeʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdew/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Hyphenation: deu

Etymology 1

Verb

deu

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of dar

Etymology 2

Contraction

deu

1. (Brazil, nonstandard) contraction of de +‎ eu, literally “of me”

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• diu

Etymology

From Latin deus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.u/, [ˈd̪ɛːʊ̠]
• Hyphenation: dè‧u

Noun

deu m (plural dei or dii)

1. god, deity

Related terms

• Deu
• Diu