De

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English

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

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De

  1. A surname from India of Bengali origin.

Anagrams

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Danish

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Etymology

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Derived from the third-person plural pronoun de. Calque of German Sie.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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De (second-person singular nominative, accusative Dem, genitive Deres)

  1. (personal, formal) The formal counterpart to du, you.

Usage notes

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  • Usage of De in Danish has gotten increasingly more rare after the 1970s (with du often being used in place of De), but De still appears occasionally from time to time (such as in Danish-language translations from other languages).

See also

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Pronoun

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De

  1. (rare) polite form of du and dere

Old Irish

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Proper noun

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De

  1. Alternative spelling of

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
De De
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/
nDe
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.