dem

See also: Dem, DEM, dêm, dëm, dem., -dem, đêm, and đếm

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɛm/
  • Rhymes: -ɛm

Pronoun

dem

  1. Nonstandard form of them.
    • 2007, February 25, “Sia Michel”, in Stephen Marley in Tallahassee, M.I.A. in India and Klaxons on Fire‎:
      Go tell dem natty dreadlocks no wear handcuff,” advises Damian Marley, his guest star and younger brother, who accuses the officers of jealousy.

Determiner

dem

  1. Nonstandard form of them. (in the sense of "those")
    What are dem fings doing 'ere?
  2. (Caribbean, MLE, slang) (clitic, postfix) A group of.

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *dama, from Proto-Indo-European *dm̥h₂-ó- (“bull”) (compare Irish damh, Ancient Greek δάμαλος (dámalos, “calf”)), from *demh₂- (“to tame”) (compare Latin domō, English tame).

Noun

dem m (indefinite plural dema, definite singular demi)

  1. bull
  2. main load-bearing beam in a floor

Synonyms

Danish

Pronoun

dem (nominative de, possessive deres)

  1. them (3rd person plural, objective case)

See also
Danish personal pronouns
Number Person Inflection Nominative Accusative Possessive Reflexive Reflexive possessive
Singular Firstcommon jeg mig min
neuter mit
plural mine
Secondcommon du dig din
neuter dit
plural dine
formal De Dem Deres
Thirdmasculine han ham hans sig sin
feminine hun hende hendes
common den den dens
neuter det det dets sit
plural sine
Plural First— vi os vores
common vor
neuter vort
plural vore
Second– I jer jeres
formal De Dem Deres
Third– de dem deres sig

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /deːm/ (stressed) (for the pronoun)
  • IPA(key): /dem/, /dəm/ (unstressed) (for the article)
  • audio(file)

Article

dem (definite)

  1. the; dative singular masculine of der
  2. the; dative singular neuter of der

Declension
German definite articles
Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural
Nominative der die das die
Genitive des der des der
Dative dem der dem den
Accusative den die das die

Pronoun

dem (relative)

  1. dative singular masculine of der
  2. dative singular neuter of der

Declension
Declension of der
masculine feminine neuter plural
nominative der die das die
genitive dessen deren
younger also: derer		 dessen derer
deren
dative dem der dem denen
accusative den die das die

Derived terms

Further reading
  • dem in Duden online

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dʲɛmˠ/

Contraction

dem (triggers lenition)

  1. (Munster) Contraction of de mo (“from my”).
    Chrochas dem ghualainn é.
    I suspended it from my shoulder.
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”)dende na
desna*		de mo
dem*		de do
ded*, det*		dá dárdardarbdarbh
do (“to, for”)dondo na
dosna*		do mo
dom*		do do
dod*, dot*		dá dárdardarbdarbh
faoi (“under, about”)faoinfaoi nafaoi mofaoi dofaoinafaoinár faoinarfaoinarbfaoinarbh
fara (“along with, beside”)fairis anfairis nafara mofara dofaranafaranár faranarfaranarbfaranarbh
i (“in”)sa, sansnai mo
im*		i do
id*, it*		inainár inarinarbinarbh
le (“with”)leis anleis nale mo
lem*		le do
led*, let*		lenalenár lenarlenarblenarbh
ó (“from, since”)ónó na
ósna*		ó mo
óm*		ó do
ód*, ót*		ónaónár ónarónarbónarbh
trí (“through”)tríd antrí natrí motrí dotrínatrínár trínartrínarbtrínarbh
*Dialectal.

Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dī-, cognate with English time, Welsh dydd, Albanian ditë, Old Armenian տի (ti) and Sanskrit दीति (dītí, “brightness; time”).

Noun

dem f

  1. time

Latin

Verb

dem

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of dō

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dem/, [dəm]

Determiner

dem m

  1. unstressed form of deem

Declension
Luxembourgish definite articles
masculine feminine neuter plural
nom./acc. deen (den) déi (d') dat (d') déi (d')
dative deem (dem) där (der) deem (dem) deen (den)

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English them.

Pronoun

dem

  1. them, they

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɛm/

Pronoun

dem

  1. them

Pitcairn-Norfolk

Pronoun

dem

  1. them

References

Swedish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔm/

Pronoun

dem (third-person plural)

  1. them; accusative or dative of de

Declension
Swedish personal pronouns
subject object possessive
singular full full common neuter plural
1st person jag mig, mej3 min mitt mina
2nd person du dig, dej2 din ditt dina
3rd person masculine han honom, han2 hans
3rd person feminine hon henne hennes
3rd person gender-neutral hen1 hen1, henom1 hens1
3rd person common den den dess
3rd person neuter det det dess
3rd person indefinite man or en6 en ens
3rd person reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
plural
1st person vi oss vår, våran2 vårt, vårat2 våra
2nd person ni er, eder5 er, eran2, eder5 ert, erat2, edert5 era, edra5
3rd person de, dom4 dem, dom4 deras
3rd person reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
1Not universally accepted.
2Informal
3Colloquial pronunciation spelling sometimes found in colloquial texts.
4Informal pronunciation spelling found very often in informal writings.
5Dated
6Dialectal, also used lately as a gender-neutral alternative to man.

Turkish

Etymology 1

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (tam-), from Proto-Turkic *täm- (“to drip”).

Noun

dem

  1. dew

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian دم‎ (dam).

Noun

dem

  1. breath
  2. moment
Synonyms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Arabic دم‎ (dam).

Noun

dem

  1. blood
Synonyms

Zazaki

Etymology

Related to Kurdish dem.

Noun

dem ?

  1. time
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