Dem
See also: dem, DEM, dêm, dëm, dem., Dem., and -dem
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛm/
- Rhymes: -ɛm
Noun
Dem (plural Dems)
- (US politics) Clipping of Democrat.
See also
- Rep
- Lib
Anagrams
- D. Me., DME, EDM, Edm, MEd, Med, Med., med
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛm/, [d̥ɛm] or IPA(key): /dəm/, [d̥m̩], [b̥m̩]
Pronoun
Dem
- (personal, formal) you (object pronoun: the person being addressed)
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 | |||||
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as Dem in 1936. Derived from Limburgish dem (“dam”). Named after a complex of workers' barracks.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛm/
- Hyphenation: Dem
- Rhymes: -ɛm
Proper noun
Dem n
- A neighbourhood of Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “dem”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronoun
Dem
- accusative of De