dem
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛm/
Audio (UK) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɛm
Pronoun
dem
- Nonstandard form of them.
- 2007, February 25, “Sia Michel”, in Stephen Marley in Tallahassee, M.I.A. in India and Klaxons on Fire:
- Go tell dem natty dreadlocks no wear handcuff,” advises Damian Marley, his guest star and younger brother, who accuses the officers of jealousy.
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Determiner
dem
- Nonstandard form of them. (in the sense of "those")
- What are dem fings doing 'ere?
- (Caribbean, Jamaica, MLE, slang) (clitic, suffix) A group of.
- 2009, Dizzee Rascal, Chillin' Wiv Da Man Dem,
- Chillin' wiv da man dem
- Jammin' wiv da man dem
- It's all good in the hood wiv da man dem
- 2010, Plan B, Stay Too Long,
- I’ve got my peeps dem with me shouting pull up your socks,
- Cos we just broke the law and now we're running from cops.
- 2009, Dizzee Rascal, Chillin' Wiv Da Man Dem,
Derived terms
- gyal dem
Anagrams
- D. Me., DME, EDM, Edm, MEd, Med, Med., med
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 (indefinite plural dema, definite singular demi, definite plural demat)
- bull
- main load-bearing beam in a floor
Declension
indefinite forms (trajta të pashquara) | definite forms (trajta të shquara) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
singular (numri njëjës) | plural (numri shumës) | singular (numri njëjës) | plural (numri shumës) | ||
nominative (emërore) | (një) dem | (disa) dema | demi | demat | |
accusative (kallëzore) | (një) dem | (disa) dema | demin | demat | |
genitive (gjinore) (i/e/të/së) | (një) demi | (disa) demave | demit | demavet | |
dative (dhanore) | (një) demi | (disa) demave | demit | demavet | |
ablative (rrjedhore) (prej) | (një) demi | (disa) demash | demit | demavet |
Synonyms
- ter
References
- Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 48
Chinese
Etymology
From clipping of English demonstrate.
Pronunciation
Verb
dem
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) to demonstrate; to show; to perform
Derived terms
- dem beat
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛm/, [ˈd̥ɛm], [d̥ɛm], [b̥m̩]
Pronoun
dem (nominative de, possessive deres)
- them (3rd person plural, objective case)
See also
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
- 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)
- 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
- dementsprechend
- demgegenüber
- demzufolge
Further reading
- “dem” in Duden online
- “dem” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʲɛmˠ/
Contraction
dem (triggers lenition)
- (Munster) Contraction of de mo (“from my”).
- Chrochas dem ghualainn é.
- I suspended it from my shoulder.
Related terms
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. |
Jamaican Creole
Etymology
From English them.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɛm/
Pronoun
dem
- they (plural)
- them (plural)
- theirs (plural possessive)
Derived terms
- fi dem
Related terms
- mi
- yuh
- har
- im
- shi
- wi
- unnu
Particle
dem
- (postpositive) when placed after a noun phrase, the particle marks it as plural
- mi fren dem ― my friends
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /dem/, [d̪ɛ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /dem/, [d̪ɛm]
Verb
dem
- first-person singular present active subjunctive of dō
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dem/, [dəm]
Determiner
dem m
- 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
- them, they
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dī-, cognate with English time, Albanian ditë, Old Armenian տի (ti) and Sanskrit दीति (dītí, “brightness; time”).
Noun
dem f
- time
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛm/
Pronoun
dem
- them
See also
Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
feminine | masculine | neuter | plural | |||||
Singular | First | – | jeg | meg | mi | min | mitt | mine |
Second | – | du | deg | di | din | ditt | dine | |
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 | – | dere | deres | |||||
Third | general | de | dem | deres | ||||
reflexive | – | seg | si | sin | sitt | sine |
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare German dem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛm/
Article
dem m (definite)
- the
Declension
Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nominative | der | die | es | die |
Accusative | der | die | es | die |
Dative | dem | der | em | de |
Pitcairn-Norfolk
Pronoun
dem
- them
References
- Speak Norfolk Today: an Encyclopaedia of the Norfolk Island Language, by Alice Buffett, 1999.
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɔm/
- Homophone: de
- Rhymes: -ɔm
Pronoun
dem (third-person plural)
- them; accusative/dative of de
- Misspelling of de.
Usage notes
In most dialects, de (“they”) and dem (“them”) are no longer distinguished in speech. They are regularly mixed up in writing by native speakers, due to lack of grammatical intuition. The article de is often mixed up with dem as well.
Declension
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 |
See also
- dom
Article
dem
- Misspelling of de.
Anagrams
- med, med.
Turkish
Etymology 1
Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (tam-), from Proto-Turkic *tem- (“to drip”).
Noun
dem
- dew
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Persian دم (dam).
Noun
dem
- breath
- moment
Synonyms
- (breath): soluk (obselete or regional)
- (moment): an (obselete or regional)
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Arabic دم (dam).
Noun
dem
- (obsolete, poetic) blood
Synonyms
- kan
Wolof
Pronunciation
Audio | (file) |
Verb
dem
- to go
References
Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 100
Zazaki
Etymology
Related to Northern Kurdish dem.
Noun
dem ?
- time
Zhuang
Etymology
From Chinese 添 (MC tʰem).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /teːm˨˦/
- Tone numbers: dem1
- Hyphenation: dem
Verb
dem (Sawndip form 𣷹, 1957–1982 spelling dem)
- to add