du

See also: Appendix:Variations of "du"

Abinomn

Noun

du

1. name

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Aiwoo

Determiner

du

1. all

References

• . Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

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Alemannic German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du/

Pronoun

du

1. thou, you

Declension

Alemannic German personal pronouns

		nominative	accusative	dative	possessive m
1st person singular		ich, i	mich, mi	mir, mier, mer	min, miin
2nd person singular	familiar	du	dich, di	dir, dier, der	din, diin
	polite	Si		Ine, Ene, -ne	Ire
3rd person singular	m	er	in, en	im	sin, siin
	f	si		ire
	n	es, 's, -s		im	sin, siin
1st person plural		mir, mer	üs, öis, ois, eus		üse, öise, oise, euse
2nd person plural		ir, ier	öi, eu		öie, eure
3rd person plural		si		ine, ene, -ne	ire

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Amanab

Noun

du

1. a kind of bird

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Bambara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dúù]

Noun

du

1. household

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

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Breton

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Proto-Brythonic *duβ, from Proto-Celtic *dubus, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdyː/

Adjective

du

1. black
2. swollen
3. starved

Mutation

  Mutation of du  

Breton consonant mutation
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
simple form	du	zu	never occurs	never occurs
comparative	duoc'h	zuoc'h	never occurs	never occurs
superlative	duañ	zuañ	unchanged	tuañ
exclamative	d{{{5}}}	z{{{5}}}	unchanged	t{{{5}}}

Noun

du m

1. black

Mutation

  Mutation of du  

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

Verb

du

third-person singular present indicative of duañ

Mutation

  Mutation of du  

Breton consonant mutation
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
du	zu	unchanged	tu	tu

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Burushaski

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d̪u]

Noun

du (plural duwants)

1. yew

See also

• halkaas mamushi
• meenis

References

Sadaf Munshi (2015) “Word Lists”, in Burushaski Language Documentation Project‎^[1].

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Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German du, from Old High German dū (“thou”). Cognate with German du, archaic English thou (dialectal tha).

Pronoun

du

1. (Sette Comuni) you (thou, singular familiar)

Inflection

Cimbrian personal pronouns

		nominative	accusative	dative
1st person singular		ich	mich	miar
2nd person singular	familiar	du	dich	diar
	polite	iart	ach	òich
3rd person singular	m	èar, ar	in, en	iime
	f	zi, ze		iar
	n	es, is	es, 's	iime
1st person plural		bar, bandare	zich	izàndarn
2nd person plural		iart, iartàndare, artàndare	òich, ach	ogàndarn
3rd person plural		ze, zòi, zandare	zich	innàndarn

References

• “du” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

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Cornish

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Proto-Brythonic *duβ, from Proto-Celtic *dubus, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dyː]
• IPA^(key): [diˑʊ]

Adjective

du

1. black

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Danish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du/, [d̥u]

Pronoun

du (objective dig)

1. thou, you (2nd person singular subject pronoun, informal)

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

Etymology 2

(deprecated template usage) From Old Danish dughæ, from Old Norse duga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duː/, [d̥uːˀ]

Verb

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

1. be good
2. be fit

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Dena'ina

Particle

du

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

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch du, from Old Dutch thū, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronoun

du

1. (obsolete or dialectal) Second-person singular, subjective; thou.

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Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse þú, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Cognate with Swedish du.

Pronoun

du

1. you (singular), thou

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Esperanto

Esperanto cardinal numbers

<  1	2	3  >
Cardinal : du     Ordinal : dua     Adverbial : due     Multiplier : duobla     Fractional : duona

Etymology

From Latin duo, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du/

• Audio:

  (file)

Numeral

du

1. two (2)

Derived terms

• duo
• dupunkto (“colon”)

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French

Etymology

From Old French del.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dy/

• audio:

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /dz(y)/
• Homophones: dû, due, dues, dus, dûs

Contraction

du

1. Contraction of de + le (of the)
2. Contraction of de + le; forms the partitive article

Usage notes

• The partitive article signifies "some", but it often is not translated in English, Dutch, or German.

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Gaikundi

Noun

du

1. man

Further reading

• Gaikundi-Ontena Organised Phonology Data (2011)

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German

Alternative forms

• Du

Etymology

From Middle High German du, duo, dū, from Old High German dū (akin to Old Saxon thū and English thou), itself from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronunciation

• (standard, generally) IPA^(key): /duː/

• audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uː

• (colloquially in unstressed position) IPA^(key): /də/
• In colloquial speech in Germany, the /d/ can be lost after a preceding coronal when du is unstressed. This can happen after the second person singular verb ending, even in purposefully enunciated speech.

Pronoun

du

1. you (thou, singular familiar)

Usage notes

• Du is the informal second person pronoun. In formal speech, the third person plural Sie (always capitalised) is used instead.
• A general rule of thumb is that du is used to address one's friends, relatives, and those under about 16 years of age. Du is always used to address children and non-human beings.
• Usage also depends on the setting: two unacquainted, middle-aged persons are likely to use du when they meet at social gatherings, but much less so when they happen on each other in the street. People under 30 often use du among each other, but they still use Sie when one of them is at work, e.g. in a shop (some cafés and most pubs are an exception).
• There is also a great deal of (often subtle) regional variation throughout the German-speaking world.

Inflection

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

Derived terms

• duzen
• Du n

Further reading

• “du” in Duden online

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Gothic

Romanization

du

1. Romanization of 𐌳𐌿

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Hunsrik

Etymology

From Old High German du (akin to Old Saxon thu and English thou), itself from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuː/, /tə/

Pronoun

du

1. thou, you

   Du bist aarich scheen.

   You are so beautiful.

Inflection

Hunsrik personal pronouns

	nominative		accusative		dative
	Proclitic	Enclitic	str.	unstr.	str.	unstr.
1st person singular	ich eich	-ich	mich meich		meer	mer m'r
2nd person singular (informal)	du dau/Dau	-du, -de -Dau, -De	dich deich/Deich		deer	der d'r/D'r
3rd person singular (m.)	er; där	-er	ihn	en	ihm	em
3rd person singular (f.)	sie; die	-se	sie / ihns	se	eer ehr	re
3rd person singular (n.)	es; das et, 't	's	es et	-et, -'t	ihm	em
1st person plural	meer	mer	uns uhs
2nd person plural	deer Ehr, Dehr	der	eich Auch
3rd person plural	sie; die	-se	sie	se	denne

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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Ido

Ido cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : du     Ordinal : duesma     Adverbial : dufoye     Multiplier : duopla     Fractional : duima
Ido Wikipedia article on 2_(nombro)

Etymology

From Esperanto du, from French deux, Spanish dos, Italian due, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Numeral

du

1. two (2)

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Interlingue

Numeral

1. two

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Kalasha

Etymology

From Sanskrit द्व (dva), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Compare Hindi दो (do), Bhojpuri दू (dū), Konkani दोन (don).

Numeral

du

1. two; 2

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Kurdish

Etymology

From (compare Persian دو (do), Pashto دوه (dwa), Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬀 (duua)), from (compare Sanskrit द्व (dvá), Marathi दोन (don), Hindi दो (do)/Urdu دو (do), Punjabi ਦੋ (do)), from (compare Russian два (dva), Lithuanian du, Greek δύο (dýo), Spanish dos, English two).

Numeral

1. two (2)

Descendants

• Central Kurdish: دوو (dû)

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *duwō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Compare Latvian divi. Cognate to Latin duo.

Numeral

Lithuanian cardinal numbers

<  1	2	3  >
Cardinal : du     Ordinal : antras

du m (feminine dvi)

1. two (2)

Declension

Declension of du

	masculine		feminine
nominative	du		dvi
genitive	dviejų		dviejų
dative	dviem		dviem
accusative	du		dvi
instrumental	dviem		dviem
locative	dviejuose		dviejose

Forms of du

	masculine		feminine
quantitative	du		dvi
plural	dveji		dvejos
collective	dvejetas		dvejeta
ordinal	antras		antra

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Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьdǫ (first-person singular) and *jьdǫtь (third-person plural), inflected forms of *jьti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du/

Verb

du

1. inflection of hyś:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. third-person plural present

Synonyms

• (first-person singular): źom

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þū.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du/, [du(ː)]

Pronoun

du

1. second-person singular, informal, nominative: you, thou

   Wéi al bass du? ― How old are you?

Declension

Luxembourgish personal pronouns

		nominative		accusative		dative		reflexive
		str.	unstr.	str.	unstr.	str.	unstr.
1st person singular		ech	—	mech	—	mir	mer	like dat. and acc.
2nd person singular (informal)		du	de	dech	—	dir	der	like dat. and acc.
2nd person singular (formal)		Dir	Der	Iech	Iech [əɕ]	Iech	Iech [əɕ]	Iech
3rd person singular	m	hien	en	hien	en	him	em	sech
	f	si	se	si	se	hir	er	sech
	n	hatt	et ('t)	hatt	et ('t)	him	em	sech
1st person plural		mir	mer	eis (ons)	—	eis (ons)	—	eis (ons)
2nd person plural		dir	der	iech	iech [əɕ]	iech	iech [əɕ]	iech
3rd person plural		si	se	si	se	hinnen	en	sech

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Mandarin

Romanization

du

1. Nonstandard spelling of dū.
2. Nonstandard spelling of dú.
3. Nonstandard spelling of dǔ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of dù.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dyː/, /dy/
• IPA^(key): /duː/, /du/

Pronoun

du

1. thou, you (singular, informal)

   Synonym: gi

Usage notes

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

Inflection

Middle Dutch personal pronouns

	singular					plural
	1st	2nd	3rd			1st	2nd	3rd
			masc.	fem.	neut.
nominative	ic	du	hi	si	het	wi	gi	si
accusative	mi	di	hem, hen	haer		ons	u	hem, hen
dative					hem, hen
genitive	mijn	dijn	sijn	haer	sijn	onse	uwe	haer

Descendants

• Dutch: (obsolete) du
• Limburgish: doe

Further reading

• “du”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “du”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

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Middle English

Adjective

du

1. Alternative form of dewe (“due”)

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Middle Low German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duː/

Pronoun

dû

1. thou, you (second person singular nominative)

Declension

Middle Low German personal pronouns

		nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
1st person singular		ik (ek)	mî (mê, mik, mek)		mîn (mîner)
2nd person singular		dû	dî (dê, dik, dek)		dîn (dîner)
3rd person singular
	m	hê (hî, hie)	ēne, en (ȫne, ȫn)	ēme, em (ȫme, en)	sîn (sîner)
	n	it (et)
	f	sê (sî, sie, sü̂)		ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer)
1st person plural		wî (wê, wie)	uns (ûs, ös, ü̂sik)		unser (ûser)
2nd person plural		gî (jê, î)	jû (jûwe, û, jük, gik)		jûwer (ûwer)
3rd person plural		sê (sî, sie)		em, öm, jüm (en, ēnen, ȫnen)	ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer)
For an explanation of the forms in brackets see here.

Descendants

• du

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Norman

Etymology

From Latin dux, ducem.

Noun

du m

1. duke

Related terms

• duchie

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North Frisian

Alternative forms

• düünj (Mooring)

Etymology

From Old Frisian dwā, from Proto-Germanic *dōną. Cognates include West Frisian dwaan, English do.

Verb

du

1. (Föhr-Amrum) to do
2. (Föhr-Amrum) to give

Conjugation

Conjugation of du

infinitive I	du
infinitive II	tu duen
past participle	den
imperative singular	du
imperative plural	du'em
	present	past
1st-person singular	ik du	ik ded, diad
2nd-person singular	dü deest	dü dedst, diadst
3rd-person singular	hi/hat/at dee	hi/hat/at ded, diad
1st-person dual	wat du	wat ded, diad
2nd-person dual	jat du	jat ded, diad
1st-person plural	wi du	wi ded, diad
2nd-person plural	jam du	jam ded, diad
3rd-person plural	jo du	jo ded, diad
	perfect	pluperfect
1st-person singular	ik haa den	ik hed den
2nd-person singular	dü heest den	dü hedst den
3rd-person singular	hi/hat/at hee den	hi/hat/at hed den
1st-person dual	wat haa den	wat hed den
2nd-person dual	jat haa den	jat hed den
1st-person plural	wi haa den	wi hed den
2nd-person plural	jam haa den	jam hed den
3rd-person plural	jo haa den	jo hed den
	future (skel)	future (wel)
1st-person singular	ik skal du	ik wal du
2nd-person singular	dü skääl du	dü wääl du
3rd-person singular	hi/hat/at skal du	hi/hat/at wal du
1st-person dual	wat skel du	wat wel du
2nd-person dual	jat skel du	jat wel du
1st-person plural	wi skel du	wi wel du
2nd-person plural	jam skel du	jam wel du
3rd-person plural	jo skel du	jo wel du

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Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtuː/

Pronoun

dū

1. accusative/genitive of don

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʉː/

Pronoun

du (objective case deg)

1. thou, you (second person, singular)

References

• “du” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þú, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Akin to English thou.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʉː/

Pronoun

du (objective case deg)

1. you, thou (second person, singular)

References

• “du” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk personal pronouns

person	first person	second person	reflexive	third person
case	singular			singular masculine	singular feminine	singular neuter
nominative	eg, je1	du		han	ho	det, dat2
accusative	meg	deg	seg	han, honom2	ho, henne2	det, dat2
dative2	meg	deg	seg	honom	henne	di2
genitive	min	din	sin	hans	hennar, hennes1	dess3
case	plural
nominative	me, vi	de, dokker			dei
accusative	oss, okk	dykk, dokker	seg		dei, deim2
dative	oss, okk	dykk, dokker	seg		deim2
genitive	vår, okkar	dykkar, dokkar	sin		deira, deires1

¹Obsolete. ²Landsmål. ³Rare or literary. Cursive forms unofficial today.

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Novial

Novial cardinal numbers

<  1	2	3  >
Cardinal : du     Ordinal : duesmi

Numeral

1. two

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Obokuitai

Noun

du

1. bird

Further reading

Bill Palmer, The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area (→ISBN, 2017), page 531, table 95, Comparative basic vocabulary in Lakes Plain Languages

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Old French

Alternative forms

• del

Contraction

du

1. contraction of de + le (of the)

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Old High German

one drawing of the inscription on the Bülach fibula

Alternative forms

• thu

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þū, whence also Old English þu, Old Norse þú, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Perhaps the earliest attestation of the pronoun is the inscription on the Bülach fibula, which may show ᛞᚢ (du) already differentiated from other Germanic languages’ þu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du/

Pronoun

du

1. thou, you (second-person singular pronoun)
   • 3rd-6th century, inscription on the Bülach fibula:

     ᚠᚱᛁᚠᚱᛁᛞᛁᛚ / ᛞᚢ / ...

     frifridil / du / […]

     Frifridil, you / […]

Usage notes

Some speakers of Old High German appear to have contrasted the "polite" singular (plural forms) with the regular, informal singular (singular forms), as in Modern German Sie versus du. This distinction is however not well-attested, and may have been regional, genre-dependent, or only in late Old High German.

Inflection

Old High German personal pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative	Genitive	Dative	Accusative
Singular	First		ih (ihha, ihcha)	mīn	mir	mih
	Second		dū	dīn	dir	dih
	Third	Masculine	er (her)	(sīn)	imu, imo	inan, in
		Feminine	siu; sī, si	ira (iru, iro)	iru, iro	sia
		Neuter	iz	es, is	imu, imo	iz
Plural	First		wir	unsēr	uns	unsih
	Second		ir	iuwēr	iu	iuwih
	Third	Masculine	sie	iro	im, in	sie
		Feminine	sio	iro	im, in	sio
		Neuter	siu	iro	im, in	siu
Polite form	Second		ir	iuwēr	iu	iuwih

Descendants

• Middle High German: du
  • Alemannic German: du

    Swabian: dau, d

  • Central Franconian: du, dou

    Hunsrik: du

    Kölsch: do

  • Cimbrian: du
  • German: du
  • Luxembourgish: du
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Palatine German: du

    Pennsylvania German: du

  • Yiddish: דו (du)

See also

• fridil (“a pet name for a male lover”)

References

• Heinz Klingenberg, Runenfibel von Bülach, Kanton Zürich. Liebesinschrift aus alemannischer Frühzeit, in the Alemannisches Jahrbuch (1973/75), page 308
• Heinz Klingenberg, Die Runeninschrift aus Bülach, in Helvetia archaeologica, volume 7 (1976), pages 116–121
• Stephan Opitz, Südgermanische Runeninschriften im älteren Futhark aus der Merowingerzeit (Freiburg im Breisgau, 1977)

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Old Irish

Preposition

du

1. Alternative form of do

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German du, English thou, Swedish du.

Pronoun

du

1. you

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [du]

Verb

du

1. second-person singular imperative of duce

   Du-te acasă.

   Go home.

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Scots

Pronoun

du (objective case dee, vocative dee, possessive determiner dines)

1. Shetland form of thou (“thou”)

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Swedish

Alternative forms

Dialects

• do (Kalix)
• do (Luleå)
• dö (Piteå)

Etymology

From Old Swedish þū, from Old Norse þú, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʉː/, [d̪ʉː]

• audio:

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• Rhymes: -ʉː

Pronoun

du

1. you (familiar sg.)
2. thou

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. This was the result of the so-called du-reformen.

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.

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

³Colloquial pronunciation spelling.

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

• UD

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Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian due

Numeral

du m

1. two

Synonyms

• dó

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zu˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jʊw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [jʊw˧˧]

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 遊/游.

Verb

du

1. (only in compounds) to walk

Derived terms

Derived terms

• du hành
• du khách
• du khảo
• du lịch
• viễn du

 

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Welsh

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Proto-Brythonic *duβ, from Proto-Celtic *dubus, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɨː/
• IPA^(key): /diː/
• Homophone: dŷ; (South Wales) di

Adjective

du (feminine singular du, plural duon, equative dued, comparative duach, superlative duaf)

1. black

   Mae ganddo fo fwstash du.

   He has a black mustache

Related terms

• düwch

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
du	ddu	nu	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

Colors in Welsh · lliwiau (layout · text)

gwyn	llwyd	du
coch; rhudd	oren, melyngoch; brown	melyn; melynwyn
melynwyrdd	gwyrdd
gwyrddlas; glaswyrdd	asur, gwynlas	glas
fioled, rhuddlas; indigo	majenta; porffor	pinc, rhuddwyn

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White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du˧/

Adjective

du

1. smooth