det
Translingual
Etymology
Clipping of English determinant.
Symbol
det
- (mathematics) determinant function
- 2019 June 24, Juan Triana, “Negafibonacci Numbers via Matrices”, in Bulletin of TICMI[1], volume 23, number 1 (in English), →ISSN, archived from the original on 13 July 2019, Introduction, page 2:
- […] such that det(Hn) = det(Dn) = fn+1.
English
Noun
det (plural dets)
- (grammar) Abbreviation of determiner.
- (military, US) Abbreviation of detachment.
Albanian
Alternative forms
- dejt, deejt, dejët
Etymology
Shortening of dialectal dēt (South Gheg), from archaic Arbëreshë dejt, dejët, from Proto-Albanian *deubeta, from pre-Albanian *dʰéubʰetos, enlargement of Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰos (“deep”), from *dʰewbʰ- (compare English deep, Lithuanian dubùs). Hyllested proposes a loanword from Greek δέλτα.[1]
Alternatively reconstructed as from dejët < deët < *débeti- < *dábeti- < *dáu̯bati- "depth" or *débita- < Pre-Proto-Albanian *dábita < *dáu̯beta- "deep" < PIE *dʰeu̯bʰeto- "sea".[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛt/
Noun
det m (plural dete, definite deti, definite plural detet)
Declension
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | det | deti | dete | detet |
accusative | detin | |||
dative | deti | detit | deteve | deteve |
ablative | detesh |
References
- ^ Proto-Indo-European Reconstruction and Albanian Phonotactics Hyllested, Adam, 2016, Proceedings of the 26th Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference. Jamison, S. W., Melchert, H. C. & Vine, B. (eds.). Bremen: Hempen Verlag, p. 71
- ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl / Neri, Sergio (2020): det -i. In: DPEWA.URL: https://www.dpwa.gwi.uni-muenchen.de/dictionary/?lemmaid=13995
Alemannic German
Adverb
det
- alternative form of deet
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de/, [d̥e̝], [te̝]
- Rhymes: -e
Article
- (definite) the (used before an adjective preceding a noun)
- huset - the house; det gule hus - the yellow house
Pronoun
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 (uncommon) | De | Dem | Deres | ||||
Third | masculine (person) | han | ham | hans | |||
feminine (person) | hun | hende | hendes | ||||
common (noun) | den | dens | |||||
neuter (noun) | det | dets | |||||
indefinite | man | en | ens | ||||
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
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Low German det and dät.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛt/, /dət/, /dæt/
Audio: (file)
Article
det
- (colloquial, Berlin-Brandenburg) alternative form of das
- Gibste mir ma’ det Wasser?
- Could you pass me the water?
Pronoun
det
- (colloquial, Berlin-Brandenburg) alternative form of das
- Det weeß ik nich'.
- I don't know that.
- (colloquial, Berlin-Brandenburg, neuter nominative) it
Gullah
Etymology
From Wolof det. Alternatively, a shortening of English death rain.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /det/, /det.ʔren/
Noun
det
- death
- as a clipping of det ren:
- a heavy rain
- a rain that last several days
- the rain that follows a death
References
- Lorenzo Dow Turner, Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect (1969)
Irish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʲɛt̪ˠ/
Contraction
det (triggers lenition)
- (Munster) contraction of de do (“from your sg”)
- Ar chuiris det chroí é? ― Did you get it off your chest?
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. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “det”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈdɛt]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd̪ɛt̪]
Verb
det
- third-person singular present active subjunctive of dō
Middle English
Noun
det
- alternative form of dette
Adjective
det
- alternative form of dette
North Frisian
Article
det
- (Föhr-Amrum) the (feminine and neuter singular, full form)
Alternative forms
See also
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
m | f / n | |||
definite / demonstrative |
full | de | det | dön |
reduced | a | at, 't | a | |
indefinite / numeral |
full | een | ian | — |
reduced | en | |||
negative | neen | nian | ||
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Pronunciation
Pronoun
det (genitive dets)
- it; third person singular, neuter gender. Nominative, accusative or dative.
- Er det det det er? Det er det det er.
- Is that what it is? That is what it is.
See also
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 |
Pronoun
det n
- (demonstrative pronoun) that
Article
det n
- the; only used if there is an adjective in front of the noun
- huset: the house → det røde huset: the red house
Related terms
References
- “det” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deː/, [ˈdeː], [ˈdaː]
Audio: (file) - Homophone: de
Pronoun
det
- it; third person singular, neuter gender
- er det det det er - is that what it is
Article
det n
- the; only used if there is an adjective in front of the noun
- Dei bur i det kvite huset der borte.
- They live in the white house over there.
Determiner
det
Related terms
See also
first person | second person | reflexive | third person | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||||
singular | 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 | |
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. Italic forms unofficial today.
References
- “det” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Occitan, from Latin digitus.
Pronunciation
Noun
det m (plural dets)
Romansch
Etymology
From Latin digitus (“finger, toe”).
Noun
det m (plural dets)
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish þæt, dhet‚ from Old Norse þat, from Proto-Germanic *þat, from Proto-Indo-European *tod, nominative and accusative singular neuter of *só.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation 1
- IPA(key): /dɛː/
- Rhymes: -ɛː
- IPA(key): /deː/
- IPA(key): (in careful speech) /dɛːt/, /deːt/
- Rhymes: -eːt
- IPA(key): (unstressed, following a sonorous sound) /rɛ/, [ɾɛ]
- IPA(key): (unstressed, when used as a clitic) /ɛt/
Pronoun
det n
- it; third-person singular, referring to nouns of neuter gender. Nominative, accusative or dative
- Jag ser ett hus. Det är stort.
- I see a house. It is big.
- – Ser du huset? – Ja, jag ser det.
- – Do you see the house? – Yes, I see it.
- it; the impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement
- Det regnar
- It is raining
- Det är soligt idag
- It is sunny today
- Det spökar på slottet
- The castle is haunted
- (literally, “It "ghosts" (there is ghostly activity) at the castle”)
- it, there; the impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject or object
- Det är inte lätt när det är svårt
- It's not easy when it's hard [jocular proverb]
- Det står en kvinna där borta
- There is a woman standing over there
- Är det okej om vi parkerar här?
- Is it okay if we park here?
- Jag visste det!
- I knew it!
- Ta det lugnt
- Take it easy [calmly]
- Ta're lugnt [common unstressed pronunciation variant – see IPA]
- Take it easy
- (Ni får) ha're så kul på Gröna Lund! [common unstressed pronunciation variant]
- Have fun at Gröna Lund! [an amusement park in Stockholm]
- (literally, “(You may) have it so fun at Gröna Lund!”)
Usage notes
- Impersonal pronoun
- This is not used to declare what time it is: instead use either an explicit klockan ("the clock") or either of den or hon.
Declension
Number | Person | 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
Pronunciation 2
- IPA(key): /deː(t)/
Pronoun
det n
- (demonstrative) that
Noun
det n
- (psychoanalysis) id
- Synonym: underjag
Declension
nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | det | dets |
definite | detet | detets | |
plural | indefinite | det | dets |
definite | deten | detens |
See also
Pronunciation 3
- IPA(key): /dɛ/, (rare) /dɛt/
Article
det n
- the (when an adjective is used with a neuter gender noun in the definite – den is used for common gender nouns, and de for plural nouns, regardless of gender)
- ett hus
- a house
- huset
- the house
- ett rött hus
- a red house
- det röda huset
- the red house
- röda hus
- red houses (for comparison – note that "röd" has the same inflection in the definite and plural (and that the singular and plural of hus are identical)
Usage notes
See the usage notes for den, which explain how to express "the [adjective] [noun]."
Related terms
References
Anagrams
Venetan
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [det]
Noun
det m (plural deđi)
Related terms
Volapük
Noun
det (nominative plural dets)
- right (all senses?)
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | det | dets |
genitive | deta | detas |
dative | dete | detes |
accusative | deti | detis |
vocative 1 | o det! | o dets! |
predicative 2 | detu | detus |
1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only