De

From Fresh Dictionary

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Abbreviation 2 Catalan 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Preposition 3 Danish 3.1 Definite article 3.2 Personal pronoun 4 Dutch 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Definite article 4.2.1 Usage notes 4.3 See also 5 Esperanto 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Preposition 6 French 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Preposition 6.3 Indefinite article 6.4 Contractions 7 Hungarian 7.1 Conjunction 8 Irish 8.1 Preposition 9 Japanese 9.1 Romaji 10 Latin 10.1 Preposition 10.2 Related Terms 11 Portuguese 11.1 Pronunciation 11.2 Preposition 12 Spanish 12.1 Etymology 12.2 Pronunciation 12.3 Preposition 12.3.1 Contractions 13 Swedish 13.1 Pronoun 14 Tok Pisin 14.1 Etymology 14.2 Noun 14.3 Related terms 14.4 See also 15 Turkish 15.1 Conjunction 15.2 Verb form 16 Volapük 16.1 Preposition

English

Abbreviation

de

1. Germany, from Deutschland
2. German, from Deutsch

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA: /də/

Preposition

de

1. of, from

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Danish

Definite article

1. the (plural)

Personal pronoun

1. they

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /də/

Definite article

de

1. the

   de man — the man

   de vrouw — the woman

   het boek — the book

   de boeken — the books

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

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Esperanto

Etymology

from Latin, French, Spanish 'de'

Preposition

de

1. of
2. from

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French

Pronunciation

• SAMPA: /d@/
• IPA: /də/

Preposition

de

1. of, from

Indefinite article

de

1. some
2. (negative) a, an

Contractions

• du
• des

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Hungarian

Conjunction

de

1. but

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Irish

Preposition

de

1. of

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Japanese

Romaji

de (で)

1. で: indicating location or instrumental; the て-form of だ

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Latin

Preposition

de

1. of, concerning

   "De rebus mathematicis" - "Concerning mathematical things"

Takes object in ablative case.

Related Terms

• de-
• decline
• deduce
• depose

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɨ/
• SAMPA: /d1/

Preposition

de

1. of, from

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Spanish

Etymology

Latin de

Pronunciation

• SAMPA: /de/
• IPA: /de/

Preposition

de

1. of, from

Contractions

• del

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Swedish

Pronoun

de

1. they

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English day

Noun

de

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

Conjunction

de

1. also

Verb form

de

1. say (imperative)

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Volapük

Preposition

de

1. of, fromang:de

de:de et:de es:de fr:de gl:de io:de id:de ie:de it:de ku:de la:de hu:de nl:de ja:de no:de pl:de pt:de ru:de fi:de sv:de zh:de