De

Wikipedia

See also Appendix:Variations of "de", and د

Translingual

Etymology 1

From Deutschland.

Abbreviation

De

1. Germany

Etymology 2

From Deutsch.

Abbreviation

De

1. German

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English

Most common English words: called « p « Lord « #188: de » whole » find » got

Alternative spellings

• dee (Northumbrian)

Verb

Infinitive to De

Third person singular diz

Simple past did

Past participle dyun

Present participle dein

to De (third-person singular simple present diz, present participle dein, simple past did, past participle dyun)

1. Template:Northumbrian To do.

References

• Template:R:New Geordie Dictionary 1987
• Template:R:Dobson & Irwin Newcastle 1970
• Template:R:Northumberland 1880
• Template:R:Northeast Dialect 2005

Anagrams

• de, ed, Ed, ED, Ed., E.D.

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Anglo-Norman

Etymology

From Latin dē.

Preposition

De [[Category:Template:Xno prepositions|De]]

1. of, from

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin dē.

Preposition

De

1. of, from

Usage notes

• The preposition de contracts to d' before a word beginning with a vowel or h-: d'Asturies (“‘of Asturias’”), d'hermanu (“‘of a brother’”).

Derived terms

• d'
• del

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Catalan

Etymology 1

Noun

De f. (plural Des)

1. The Latin letter D (lowercase d).

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA: /də/

Preposition

De (before vowel or h d')

1. of, from

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /di/, [d̥i]

Pronoun

De (personal pronoun)

1. they

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /də/

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Article

De (definite article) of common gender

1. the

   De man — “The man”

   De vrouw — “The woman”

   Het boek — “The book”

   De boeken — “The books”

   De oude man en de zee.

   The Old Man and the Sea.

Usage notes

• Placed before masculine and feminine nouns and plural nouns of all genders, indicating a specific person or thing instead of a general case.

See also

• een
• het

Derived terms

• dezelfde
• des, der, den, 's

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Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin de, French de, Spanish de.

Preposition

1. from

   Mi ne aĉetas ion ajn de ĉi tiu vendejo!

   I don't buy anything at all from this store!

2. possessed by

   La aŭto de Davido estas nigra.

   David's car is black.

3. done, written or composed by

   Ĉu vi havas esperantan tradukon de Drakulo de Bram Stoker?

   Do you have an Esperanto translation of Dracula by Bram Stoker?

   La viro estis mordita de hundo.

   The man was bitten by a dog.

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /də/, SAMPA: /d@/

Preposition

De

1. of (expresses belonging)
   • 1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche^{fr.Wikisource}, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I:

     Dans une bourgade de la Manche, dont je ne veux pas me rappeler le nom, vivait, il n’y a pas longtemps, un hidalgo ....

     In a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not want to remember, lived, not long ago, an hidalgo ....

   Paris est la capitale de la France.

   Paris is the capital of France.

   En 1905, les églises deviennent la propriété de l'État.

   In 1905, churches became the property of the state.

2. 's (used to express property or association)

   Œuvres de Fermat

   Fermat’s Works

   Elle est la femme de mon ami.

   She's my friend's wife.

   le voisin de Gabriel

   Gabriel's neighbor

3. from (used to indicate origin)

   Elle vient de la France.

   She comes from France.

   Vous êtes de la Suisse ?

   Are you from Switzerland?

   Ce fromage est de l'Espagne.

   This cheese is from Spain.

   C'est de l'ouest de la France.

   It's from the west of France.

   Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux.

   The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.

4. of (indicates an amount)

   5 kilos de pommes.

   5 kilograms of apples.

   une verre de vin

   a glass of wine

   une portion de frites

   a portion of fries

5. (used attributively, often translated into English as a compound noun)

   jus de pomme

   apple juice

   verre de vin

   glass of wine

   boite de nuit

   night club

   chien de garde

   guard dog

   voiture de sport

   sports car

   stade de football

   football stadium

6. from (used to indicate the start of a time or range)

   De 9:00 à 11:00 je ne serai pas libre.

   From 9 to 11 I won't be free.

   Je travaille de huit heures à midi.

   un groupe de cinq à huit personnes.

   The group consists of [from] five to people people.

7. (used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive)

   Je me suis arrêté de fumer.

   I stopped smoking.

   Il continue de m'embêter.

   He keeps annoying me.

   Elle m'a dit de venir.

   She told me to come.

   Nous vous proposons de venir.

   We suggest you come.

Usage notes

Before a word beginning with a vowel sound, de contracts to d’. Before the article le, it contracts with the article into du, as shown in the example above. Before the article les, it contracts with the article into des.

Le Songe d’une nuit d’été — “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (Literally, “The Dream of one night of summer”)

la queue du chien — “the dog’s tail”

Index des auteurs — “Index of the authors”

Article

De

1. Template:Indefinite some; any (in questions or negatives)

   Je voudrais de la viande.

   I'd like some meat.

   Est-ce qu'il y a de la bonne musique ?

   Is there any good music?

   Nous cherchons du lait.

   We're looking for some milk.

2. Template:Negative a, an, any

   Elle n'a pas de mère.

   She hasn't got a mother.

   Il n'a pas de crayon.

   He hasn't got a pencil.

   Je n'ai pas de temps.

   I haven't got any time.

Usage notes

In the positive, de is usually used with a definite article, as in the examples. In the negative, without an article.

Derived terms

• (contractions): d’, du, des

Anagrams

• de, ed, éd.

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin dē.

Preposition

De

1. of, from

Usage notes

The preposition de contracts to d- before articles, before third-person tonic pronouns, and before the determiners algún and outro.

Derived terms

• da, das, do, dos
• dalgún, dalgunha, dalgunhas, dalgúns
• del, dela, delas, deles
• dun, dunha, dunhas, duns
• doutra, doutras, doutro, doutros

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French deux (“‘two’”)

Cardinal number

de

1. two

See also

• Category:ht:Cardinal numbers

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdɛ/

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Adverb

1. how!, very much

   De szép ez a ház! - Oh, how beautiful that house is!

Synonyms

• be (dated, poetical)
• milyen

Conjunction

De

1. but
2. (oh) yes!, surely! (used as a positive contradiction to a negative statement)

   Nem voltál itt! - De ott voltam. - You weren't here! - Yes I was there!

Derived terms

• dehogy
• dehát
• deviszont

In expressions

• a lélek kész, de a test erőtlen

See also

• csak
• dehát
• és
• mégis
• viszont

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Ido

Preposition

De

1. of (comprising, containing, or made from)

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Interlingua

Preposition

De

1. of, from

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [dʲɛ], [dʲə]
• (Connemara and the Aran Islands) IPA: [ɡə]

Preposition

1. from
2. of

Usage notes

Triggers lenition of a following consonant. Used only before consonant sounds.

Related terms

• d' (used before a vowel sound)

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Italian

Contraction

De

1. Apocopic form of del.

   Michael Radford è il regista de "Il postino". — "Michael Radford is the director of "Il Postino".

Usage notes

De is used where del, della, etc, would ordinarily be used, but cannot be because the article is part of the title of a film, book, etc.

See also

• ne

Anagrams

• de, ed

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Japanese

Particle

1. で: indicating location or instrumental

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Noun

De [[Category:Template:Khi-kun nouns|De]]

1. woman

Related terms

• ǯau
• zau

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Latin

Etymology 1

Adverb

De

1. down

Usage notes

• It is used only in the phrase susque deque, from susque (“‘up and’”) + deque (“‘downwards’”). The set phrase susque deque (“‘up and down’”).

Etymology 2

Perhaps from ded (compare Template:Osc[[Category:la:Template:Osc derivations|De]] [[dat#Template:Osc|dat]]), old ablative of pronom. stem da (“‘as far as’”); and the suffixes, old case-forms, -dam, -dem, -dum, -do with the locative -de.

Preposition

De (used with an ablative)

1. of, concerning, about

   De rebus mathematicis — “Concerning mathematical things”

2. from, away from, down from, out of (in general to indicate the person or place from which any thing is taken, etc., with verbs of taking away, depriving, demanding, requesting, inquiring, buying; as capere, sumere, emere, quaerere, discere, trahere, etc., and their compounds).

   Emere de aliquo.

   To buy from someone.

   Aliquid mercari de aliquo.

   Someone trades from someone.

   De aliquo quaerere, quid, etc., C

   To search for someone. (?)

   Saepe hoc audivi de patre.

   De mausoleo exaudita vox est.

   Ut sibi liceret discere id de me.

   (so with petere, of place) De vicino terra petita solo.

   (so of persons (late Latin)) Peto de te.

   Animam de corpore mitto.

   Aliquo quom jam sucus de corpore cessit.

   Civitati persuasit, ut de finibus suis cum omnibus copiis exirent.

   Decedere de provincia.

   De vita decedere.

   Exire de vita. (compare excedere e vita)

   De' triclinio, de cubiculo exire.

   Hamum de cubiculo ut e navicula jacere.

   De castris procedere.

   Brassica de capite et de oculis omnia (mala) deducet.

   De digito anulum detraho.

   From the finger I pull the ring.

   De matris complexu aliquem avellere atque abstrahere.

   Nomen suum de tabula sustulit.

   Ferrum de manibus extorsimus.

   Juris utilitas vel a peritis vel de libris depromi potest.

   ...decido de lecto praeceps.

   De muro se deicere.

   De sella exsilire.

   Nec ex equo vel de muro etc., hostem destinare.

   De caelo aliquid demittere.

3. to depart, withdraw from

   De altera parte agri Sequanos decedere juberet.

Derived terms

• sexagenarios de ponte

Usage notes

• De denotes the going out, departure, removal, or separating of an object from any fixed point (it occupies a middle place between ab (“‘away from’”) which denotes a mere external departure, and ex (“‘out of’”) which signifies from the interior of a thing. Hence verbs compounded with de are constructed not only with de, but quite as frequently with ab and ex; and, on the other hand, those compounded with ab and ex often have the terminus a quo indicated by de).

Related terms

• de-
• decline
• deduce
• depose

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Lingua Franca Nova

Preposition

De [[Category:Template:Lfn prepositions|De]]

1. of, owned by, containing
2. from, out of, away from, off, since

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Lojban

Particle

1. (pro-sumti) someone/something

Usage notes

Multiple occurrences of de in logically connected sentences refer to the same thing.

Related terms

• da
• di

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Particle

1. a subordinating particle (of subordination)
   • ta de Zhongwen hen hao, ta nenggou shuxieziru.

   her/his Chinese is very good, she/he can write smoothly.

   • Hanyu Pinyin shi xuexi huozhe shiyong Hanyu he Hanzi de gongju.

   Hànyǔ Pīnyīn shì xuéxí huòzhě shǐyòng Hànyǔ hé Hànzì de gōngjù.

   漢語拼音是學習或者使用漢語和漢字的工具。

   汉语拼音是学习或者使用汉语和汉字的工具。

   Pinyin is a tool for learning or using Hanyu and Hanzi.

   • wǒ mǎi de shū.

   the book I bought.

   • shíjiàn shi jianyan zhenli de biaozhun.

   practice is the standard for testing truth.

   • zhe-jian canting de shiwu haochi, danshi hen gui.

   the food of this restaurant is delicious, but it is very expensive.

More example sentences for subordinating

Chengdu shi Zhongguo xinan de da chengshi. Chéngdū shì Zhōngguó xīnán de dà Chéngshì. 成都是中国西南的大城市. Chengdu is a big city of the southwest China. ta zhongyu jiejuele yunshu de kunnan. she/he finally solved the difficulty of transportation. ta zongshi shitu jie2shi2 neng bangzhu ta de ganbu. she/he always tries to cultivate cadres who might be able to help him. Fang jiaoshou xiang3chu1le yige banfa lai xiaomie zhongzi shang de xijun. Professor Fang worked out a method to destroy bacteria on the seeds. zhe-ci diaocha bijiaole butong guojia de jiage. the survey compares prices in different countries. Huhehaote shi Zhongguo Neimenggu Zizhiqu de shoufu. Hohhot is the capital of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region of China. ganxie renjia de yuanzhu. thank others for their assistance. ta yanjiuguo dongfang guojia de wenhua. she/he has studied the cultures of the eastern countries. pengren de jiben jiqiao. the basic skill of cookery. zhengfu caiqu zhizhi tonghuo pengzhang de fangzhen shi zhengque de. the government was correct to follow a course of defeating inflation. zheli de kongqi hen hao. the air is very good here. jintian de gupiao shichang chengjiaoliang chaoguo 1000 yì Yuan. the buying and selling volume of stock market today has exceeded 100 billion Yuan. bianzheng weiwuzhuyi de jiben yuanze jiushi shishiqiushi. the basic principle of dialectical materialism is to seek the truth from facts. ta shi women gongsi bumen de zhǔrèn. she/he is the supervisor of a department of our company. songcai shengjiangji shi yi-zhong song fan-cai de xiaoxing shengjiangji. dumbwaiter is a kind of small lift for delivering meal. zhe-jian fandian de shiwu haochi, danshi hen gui. The food of this restaurant is delicious, but it is very expensive. guangchang de zhongyang you yige jinianbei. there is a monument in the center of the public square. ni de jiankang jiancha jieguo hen zhengchang. the results of your health exam show that everything is normal. duoyinjiehua shi yuyan fazhan de fangxiang. polysyllablization is the trend of language development. paishengci shi yige cong qita ci paisheng chulai de ci. derivative is a word that derives from another one. yuyan wenzi shi renlei shehui shíjiàn de chanwu. language is the product of the practice of the human society. Zhongguo Renmin Daxue de geyan shi "shishiqiushi". the motto of Renmin University of China is to "Seek Truth from Facts".

Derived terms

• wo de
• ni de
• ta de
• women de
• nimen de
• tamen de

Particle

1. an adjective particle
   • renzaoyu shi yi-zhong renzao de yuyan, piru Shijieyu.

   artificial language is a kind of man-made language, such as Esperanto.

More example sentences for adjective

ta shi yige chéngshí de haizi. tā shì yīge chéngshí de háizi. 她/他是一个诚实的孩子. she/he is an honest child. xu4jiu3 bei renwei shi yige zhuyao de shehui wenti. alcoholism is recognized as a major social problem. yangrou shi yi-zhong bu3shen1 de roulei. mutton/lamb is a kind of nourishing meats. ta renzhen de jianchale dazigao, paichule suoyou de cuowu. she/he went through the typescript carefully to eliminate all errors from it. zher you yi-jia qiongku de renjia. there is a needy family. yi-zhong jiduan buli de huanjing tiaojian, piru kongqi wuran. an extremely adverse environmental condition, such as air pollution. zhe shi yige kexing de fang'an. this is a workable scheme. kunnan de rènwu. a hard assignment. fangzi yuanlai de zhǔrén. the original owner of the house. jingyan shi zuihao de laoshi. experience is the best teacher. shijieshang meiyou yongyuan de pengyou ye meiyou yongyuan de diren. there is no constant friend and also no constant enemy in the world. women jihua zai bujiu de jianglai jiehun. we plan on getting married in the near future. yi3 Beijingyin wei biaozhunyin, yi3 Beifanghua wei jichu fangyan, yi3 dianfan de xiandai baihuawen zhuzuo wei yufa guifan de Han minzu gongtongyu, jiaozuo Putonghua. the common national speech of Han nationality using Beijing pronunciation as the standard pronunciation, using Beijing speech as the basic dialect, and using the model writing of the modern vernacular prose as the norm of grammar, is called Putonghua.

Derived terms

• kuàilè de

Particle

1. a noun-forming particle (like English -er)
   • kānmén de.

   a doorkeeper.

Particle

1. a modal particle
   • zhengfu caiqu zhizhi tonghuo pengzhang de fangzhen shi zhengque de.

   the government was correct to follow a course of defeating inflation.

   • ta hui lai de.

   she/he will come.

   • zhiyao ni nuli jiu hui chenggong de.

   if you work hard then you will succeed.

Particle

1. an adverb-forming particle (like English -ly)
   • chilun bixu shidang de jiayou.

   gear must be properly lubricated.

   • ta renzhen de jianchale dazigao, paichule suoyou de cuowu.

   She/he went through the typescript carefully to eliminate all errors from it.

   • shishiqiushi de xuehao he yonghao Yingyu, Hanzi he Hanyu Pinyin.

   to learn and to use English, Hanzi and Pinyin well practically.

Derived terms

• kuàilè de

Particle

1. a complement to indicate result
   • ta pao de hen kuai.

   she/he runs very fast.

Derived terms

• dadepo
• kandejian
• lidekai
• xiadelai

Infix

De (Pinyin de/de5, tra&sim 得)

1. Alternative spelling of -de5-.

Suffix

De (Pinyin de/de5, tra&sim 的)

1. Alternative spelling of -de.

Alternative spellings

• d ("de" (的) could be replaced by "d")
• di ("de" (地) could be replaced by "di")

Pinyin

1. 圬: plaster over with layer of mud
2. 墬:
3. 底: bottom, underneath, underside
4. 徖:
5. 的
6. 地: earth; soil, ground; region
7. 得: obtain, get, gain, acquire

Pinyin syllable

de

1. Nonstandard spelling of dē.
2. Nonstandard spelling of dé.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

External links

• Google hits: "de" pinyin
• Google hits: "de5" pinyin

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Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

De [[Category:Template:Nb pronouns|De]]

1. they
2. those

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þér, ér and þit, it.

Pronoun

De (accusative dykk, genitive dykkar)

1. you (second person plural)

References

• “De” in The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

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Old French

Etymology

Latin dē

Preposition

De

1. of
2. from

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (PT) IPA: /dɨ/, SAMPA: /d1/
• (BR) IPA: /dʒɪ/, SAMPA: /dZI/

Preposition

De

1. of
   • Template:RQ:Harry Potter

     O protesto de Hermione foi abafado por uma risadinha alta.

     Hermione's objection was interrupted by a loud little laugh.

2. from

See also

• do (de+o)
• da (de+a)
• dos (de+o)
• das (de+as)

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Romanian

Preposition

1. from

   Casa mea nu este departe de aici. - “My house is not far from here.”

2. of

   o ceaşcă de ceai - “a cup of tea”

   un profesor de matematică - “a professor of mathematics”

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• dhe

Pronunciation

• IPA: [d̊ʲe]

Preposition

1. of, off

Derived terms

• The following prepositional pronouns:

Combining pronoun	Prepositional pronoun	Prepositional pronoun (emphatic)
mi	dhiom	dhiomsa
tu	dhiot	dhiotsa
e	dheth	dhethsan
i	dhith	dhithse
sinn	dhinn	dhinne
sibh	dhibh	dhibhse
iad	dhiubh	dhiubhsan

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /de/, SAMPA: /de/

Etymology 1

Noun

De f. (plural Des)

Singular De f.

Plural Des f.

1. Name of the letter d.

Etymology 2

File:Spanish de ligature.svg

Spanish preposition “de” written as a ligature in capitals

File:DE ligature.JPG

Hand-painted preposition “DE” in the wild

From Latin de.

Preposition

De

1. of; ’s (but used after the thing owned and before the owner)

   Constitución española de 1812 — “Spanish constitution of 1812”

   la cola del perro — “the dog’s tail”

2. from

   Soy de España — “I’m from Spain”

   Él murió de hambre — “He died from hunger”

3. used to construct compound nouns (with attributive nouns)

   campamento de verano — “summer camp”

Usage notes

As illustrated in the example above, de combines with el to form del.

Derived terms

• del

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Sranan Tongo

Verb

De [[Category:Template:Srn verbs|De]]

1. To be.

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Swedish

Alternative forms

• (informal) dom
• (informal, dialectal) di

Pronunciation

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• (Sweden) IPA: /de:/, (dialectal) IPA: /di:/
• (Finland) IPA: /di:/

Pronoun

De (third person plural nominative, dative and accusative dem, genitive deras, reflexive sig)

1. they

Article

De

1. the, a definite article used in the beginning of noun phrases containing attributive adjectives and nouns in the plural. This article is used together with the definite suffix of the noun to indicate the definiteness of the noun phrase.

   de gröna bilarna

   the green cars

Usage notes

The same type of noun phrases with singular nouns instead use den (common gender) or det (neuter) for this function. Some definite noun phrase with attributive adjectives may skip these preceding articles. This is the case especially for many lexicalized noun phrases and also for many noun phrases working as proper names of organisations, geographical places, TV shows, events and similar.

Brittiska öarna

The British Isles

While the personal pronoun de has an object form and a genitive form, the definite article de is unaffected by the syntactic role of the noun phrase.

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English day.

Noun

1. Day

Related terms

• asde
• gude
• hapasde
• olde
• olde olde
• pede
• sande
• seven de
• tede
• tude

See also

• Category:Tok Pisin days of the week

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Turkish

Adverb

De

1. as well, too, also

Özer de sorunun cevabını biliyor - Özer also knows the answer of the question

Berker de bizimle geliyor - Berker is coming with us as well

Zafer de dondurma yemeyi sever - Zafer likes eating ice cream, too.

Usage notes

• It's used when the previous word's last vowel is "e", "i", "ö" or "ü". Otherwise (if the word's last vowel is "a", "ı", "o" or "u"); it becomes "da"

Synonyms

• da

Verb

De

1. Template:Imperative say

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Volapük

Preposition

De

1. of, from

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West Frisian

Article

De c. [[Category:Template:Fy articles|De]]

1. the (definite article preceding nouns of common gender)