det

See also: Appendix:Variations of "det"

Translingual

Symbol

det

1. (mathematics) determinant function

English

Noun

det (plural dets)

1. (grammar) Abbreviation of determiner.
2. (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.

Alternatively reconstructed as from dejët < deët < *débeti- < *dábeti- < *dáu̯bati- "depth" or *débita- < Pre-Proto-Albanian *dábita < *dáu̯beta- "deep" < PIE *dʰeu̯bʰeto- "sea".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛt/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

det m (plural dete, definite deti, definite plural detet)

1. sea

Declension

Declension of det

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	det	deti	dete	detet
accusative		detin
dative	deti	detit	deteve	deteve
ablative			detesh

Alemannic German

Adverb

det

1. Alternative form of deet

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de/, [d̥e̝], [te̝]
• Rhymes: -e

Article

det n (common den, plural de)

1. (definite) the (used before an adjective preceding a noun)

   huset - the house; det gule hus - the yellow house

Pronoun

det n (common den, plural de)

1. (demonstrative) that
2. (personal) it
3. (impersonal subject) it

   Det regner.

   It is raining.

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 (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

• dat

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German det and dät.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛt/, /dət/, /dæt/

• Audio:

  (file)

Article

det

1. (colloquial, Berlin-Brandenburg) Alternative form of das

   Gibste mir ma’ det Wasser?

   Could you pass me the water?

Pronoun

det

1. (colloquial, Berlin-Brandenburg) Alternative form of das

   Det weeß ik nich'.

   I don't know that.

2. (colloquial, Berlin-Brandenburg, neuter nominative) it

Irish

Alternative forms

• ded

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲɛt̪ˠ/

Contraction

det (triggers lenition)

1. (Munster) Contraction of de do (“from your sg”).

   Ar chuiris det chroí é? ― Did you get it off your chest?

Related terms

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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “det”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdet/, [ˈd̪ɛt̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdet/, [ˈd̪ɛt̪]

Verb

det

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of dō

Middle English

Noun

det

1. Alternative form of dette

Adjective

det

1. Alternative form of dette

North Frisian

Article

det

1. (Föhr-Amrum) the (feminine and neuter singular, full form)

   Coordinate term: (reduced) at (a)

Alternative forms

• (feminine): jü (Mooring), di (Sylt)
• (neuter): dåt (Mooring), dit (Sylt)

See also

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.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse þat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeː/ (stressed)
• IPA^(key): /də/ (unstressed)

• Audio:

  (file)

Pronoun

det (genitive dets)

1. 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

    Personal pronouns in Bokmål

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

1. (demonstrative pronoun) that

Article

det n

1. the; only used if there is an adjective in front of the noun

   huset: the house → det røde huset: the red house

Related terms

• den
• de
• dem

References

• “det” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deː/, [ˈdeː], [ˈdaː]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophone: de

Pronoun

det

1. it; third person singular, neuter gender

   er det det det er - is that what it is

Article

det n

1. 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

1. that; neuter of den

Related terms

• den
• dei

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk personal pronouns

		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

• dit

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin digitus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdet/

• Audio (Languedoc):

  (file)

Noun

det m (plural dets)

1. finger

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin digitus (“finger, toe”).

Noun

det m (plural dets)

1. (anatomy) finger

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

• de' (eye dialect), de, d (pronunciation spellings)

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /dɛː/
  • Rhymes: -ɛː
• IPA^(key): /deː/
  • Homophones: D, d, de
  • Rhymes: -eː
• 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/
  • Homophones: ett, ätt

Pronoun

det n

1. it; third-person singular, referring to nouns of neuter gender. Nominative, accusative or dative
2. it; the impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement

   Det regnar.

   It is raining.

3. it; the impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject or object

   Jag visste det!

   I knew it!

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

Swedish personal pronouns

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

¹Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, though it remains limited.

²Informal

³Colloquial pronunciation spelling.

⁴Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.

⁵Informal, somewhat dialectal

⁶Formal address

⁷Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council

See also

• den
• de
• dess
• deras
• tro't

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /deː(t)/

Pronoun

det n

1. (demonstrative) that

Noun

det n

1. (psychoanalysis) id

   Synonym: underjag

Declension

Declension of det

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	det	dets
	definite	detet	detets
plural	indefinite	det	dets
	definite	deten	detens

See also

• jag
• överjag

Pronunciation 3

• IPA^(key): /dɛ/, (rare) /dɛt/

Article

det n

1. 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

• den
• det här
• det där
• den här
• den där
• dessa
• de
• dem

References

• det in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• det in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• Ted

Venetan

Alternative forms

• déo

Etymology

From Latin digitus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [det]

Noun

det m (plural deđi)

1. finger
2. toe

Related terms

• man (hand)
• ongia (nail)
• pè, pìe (foot)

Volapük

Noun

det (nominative plural dets)

1. right (all senses?)

Declension

Declension of det

	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