det
( mathematics ) determinant functiondet (plural dets )
( grammar ) Abbreviation ofdeterminer .( military , US ) Abbreviation ofdetachment .Shortening of dialectaldēt (South Gheg), from archaic Arbëreshëdejt ,dejët , fromProto-Albanian *deubeta , from pre-Albanian *dʰéubʰetos , enlargement ofProto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰos ( “ deep ” ) , from*dʰewbʰ- (compareEnglish deep ,Lithuanian dubùs ). Hyllested proposes a loanword from Greekδέλτα .[ 1]
Alternatively reconstructed as from dejët < deët < *débeti- < *dábeti- < *dáu̯bati- "depth" or *débita- < Pre-Proto-Albanian *dábita < *dáu̯beta- "deep" < PIE *dʰeu̯bʰeto- "sea".[ 2]
det m (plural dete , definite deti , definite plural detet )
sea ^ Proto-Indo-European Reconstruction and Albanian PhonotacticsHyllested, 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 det
Alternative form ofdeet det n (common den ,plural de )
( definite ) the (used before an adjective preceding a noun )huset - the house;det gule hus - the yellow housedet n (common den ,plural de )
( demonstrative ) that ( personal ) it ( impersonal subject ) it Det regner.It is raining.Borrowed fromLow German det anddät .
det
( colloquial , Berlin-Brandenburg) Alternative form ofdas Gibste mir ma’det Wasser? Could you pass methe water? det
( colloquial , Berlin-Brandenburg) Alternative form ofdas Det weeß ik nich'.I don't knowthat . ( colloquial , Berlin-Brandenburg, neuter nominative) it det (triggerslenition )
( Munster ) Contraction ofde do ( “ from yoursg ” ) .Ar chuirisdet chroí é? ―Did you get it off your chest? Irish preposition contractions
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.
det
third-person singular present active subjunctive ofdō det
Alternative form ofdette det
Alternative form ofdette det
( Föhr-Amrum ) the ( feminine and neuter singular, full form ) Coordinate term: ( reduced ) at (a )( feminine ) : jü ( Mooring ) ,di ( Sylt ) ( neuter ) : dåt ( Mooring ) ,dit ( Sylt ) Articles (Föhr -Amrum dialect) 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 While the feminine gender has generally been merged into the neuter, a certain number of traditionally feminine nouns still alternatively take the reduced definite article
a alongside
at .
The form
't is
enclitic and occurs only after prepositions.
FromOld Norse þat .
det (genitive dets )
it ; third person singular, neuter gender. Nominative, accusative or dative.Erdet det det er?Det erdet det er. Isthat what it is?That iswhat it is. det n
( demonstrative pronoun ) that det n
the ; only used if there is an adjective in front of the nounhuset : the house →det røde huset : the red house“det” inThe Bokmål Dictionary .FromOld Norse þat .
det
it ; third person singular, neuter gendererdet det det er - is that what it is det n
the ; only used if there is an adjective in front of the nounDei bur idet kvite huset der borte. They live inthe white house over there. det
that ;neuter ofden Norwegian Nynorsk personal pronouns first person second person reflexive third person masculine feminine neuter singular nominative eg ,je 1 du — han ho det ,dat 2 accusative meg deg seg han ,honom 2 ho ,henne 2 det ,dat 2 dative 2 meg deg seg honom henne di 2 genitive min din sin hans hennar ,hennes 1 dess 3 plural nominative me ,vi de ,dokker — dei accusative oss ,okk dykk ,dokker seg dei ,deim 2 dative oss ,okk dykk ,dokker seg deim 2 genitive vår ,okkar dykkar ,dokkar sin deira ,deires 1
1 Obsolete.2 Landsmål.3 Rare or literary. Italic forms unofficial today.
“det” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary .FromOld Occitan , fromLatin digitus .
det m (plural dets )
finger FromLatin digitus ( “ finger, toe ” ) .
det m (plural dets )
( anatomy ) finger FromOld Swedish þæt ,dhet ‚ fromOld Norse þat , fromProto-Germanic *þat , fromProto-Indo-European *tod , nominative and accusative singular neuter of*só .
de' ( eye dialect ) ,de ,d ( pronunciation spellings ) det n
it ; third-person singular, referring to nouns of neuter gender. Nominative, accusative or dativeit; the impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statementDet regnar.It is raining. it; the impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject or object Impersonal pronoun This is not used to declare what time it is: instead use either an explicitklockan ("the clock") or either ofden orhon . Swedish personal pronouns Number Person nominative oblique possessive common neuter plural singular first — jag mig ,mej 3 min mitt mina second — du dig ,dej 3 din ditt dina third masculine (person)han honom ,han 2 ,en 5 hans feminine (person)hon henne ,na 5 hennes gender-neutral (person)1 hen hen ,henom 7 hens common (noun)den den dess neuter (noun)det det dess indefinite man or en 4 en ens reflexive — sig ,sej 3 sin sitt sina plural first — vi oss vår ,våran 2 vårt ,vårat 2 våra second — ni er er ,eran 2 ,ers 6 ert ,erat 2 era archaic I eder eder ,eders 6 edert edra third — de ,dom 3 dem ,dom 3 deras reflexive — sig ,sej 3 sin sitt sina
1 Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, though it remains limited.
2 Informal
4 Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative toman , to avoid association to the male gender.
5 Informal, somewhat dialectal
6 Formal address
det n
( demonstrative ) that det n
( psychoanalysis ) id Synonym: underjag det n
the (when an adjective is used with a neuter gender noun in the definite –den is used for common gender nouns, andde for plural nouns, regardless of gender)det röda husetthe red houseröda hus red houses (for comparison – note that "röd" has the same inflection in the definite and plural (and that the singular and plural ofhus are identical) See the usage notes forden , which explain how to express "the [adjective] [noun]."
FromLatin digitus .
det m (plural deđi )
finger toe det (nominative plural dets )
right (all senses?)1 status as a case is disputed2 in later, non-classical Volapük only