dem

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English

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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dem

  1. Nonstandard form of them.
    • 2007 February 25, Sia Michel, “Stephen Marley in Tallahassee, M.I.A. in India and Klaxons on Fire”, in New York Times[2]:
      Go tell dem natty dreadlocks no wear handcuff,” advises Damian Marley, his guest star and younger brother, who accuses the officers of jealousy.

Determiner

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dem

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

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Anagrams

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Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *dama, from Proto-Indo-European *dm̥h₂ós (bull) (compare Irish damh, Ancient Greek δάμαλος (dámalos, calf)), from *demh₂- (to tame) (compare Latin domō, English tame).[1]

Noun

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dem m (plural dema, definite demi, definite plural demat)

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

Declension

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Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 48

Catalan

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Verb

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dem

  1. inflection of dar:
    1. first-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
    2. first-person plural imperative

Chinese

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Etymology 1

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From clipping of English demonstrate.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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dem

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) to demonstrate; to show; to perform
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Etymology 2

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From clipping of English Democrat.

Proper noun

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dem

  1. (Internet slang, US Politics) Democratic Party (United States).
  2. (Internet slang, US Politics) A member or supporter of the Democratic Party in the United States.

Danish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dɛm/, [ˈd̥ɛm], [d̥ɛm], [d̥m̩]

Pronoun

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dem (nominative de, possessive deres)

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

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Galician

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Verb

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dem

  1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of dar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /deːm/ (stressed) (for the pronoun)
  • IPA(key): /dem/, /dəm/, /dm̩/ (unstressed) (for the article)
  • Audio:(file)
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Article

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dem

  1. dative masculine/neuter singular of der: the

Declension

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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

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dem (relative)

  1. dative masculine/neuter singular of der: to whom, to which

Declension

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

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • dem” in Duden online
  • dem” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Irish

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Contraction

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dem (triggers lenition)

  1. (Munster) Contraction of de mo (from my).
    Chrochas dem ghualainn é.
    I suspended it from my shoulder.
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Jamaican Creole

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Etymology

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From English them.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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dem

  1. they (plural)
  2. them (plural)
  3. theirs (plural possessive)

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Particle

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dem

  1. (postpositive) when placed after a noun phrase, the particle marks it as plural
    mi fren demmy friends

Latin

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Verb

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dem

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of

Luxembourgish

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Pronunciation

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Determiner

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dem m

  1. unstressed form of deem

Declension

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

Nigerian Pidgin

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Etymology

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From English them.

Pronoun

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dem

  1. them, they

Northern Kurdish

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Etymology

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

Noun

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dem f

  1. time

Norwegian Bokmål

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Pronoun

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dem

  1. them

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Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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Compare German dem.

Pronunciation

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Article

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dem (definite)

  1. dative masculine/neuter singular of der: the

Declension

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Pennsylvania German definite articles
Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural
Nominative der die es die
Dative dem or em der dem or em de
Accusative der or den die es die

Pitcairn-Norfolk

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Etymology

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From English them.

Pronoun

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dem

  1. them

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Swedish

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Pronoun

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dem (third-person plural)

  1. them; accusative/dative of de
    De ser dem
    They see them
  2. Misspelling of de.

Usage notes

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In most dialects, de (they) and dem (them) are no longer distinguished in speech. They are regularly mixed up in writing by native speakers, due to lack of grammatical intuition. The article de is often mixed up with dem as well.

Declension

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Article

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dem

  1. Misspelling of de.

Anagrams

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Turkish

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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dem

  1. dew

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Persian دم (dam).

Noun

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dem (obsolete, poetic)

  1. breath
  2. moment
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Etymology 3

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دم, from Arabic دَم (dam).[1]

Noun

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dem

  1. (obsolete, poetic) blood
Synonyms
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References

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  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “dem2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Wolof

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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dem

  1. to go

Conjugation

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References

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Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 100

Zazaki

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Etymology

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Related to Northern Kurdish dem.

Noun

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dem

  1. time

Zhuang

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Etymology

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From Chinese (MC them).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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dem (Sawndip form 𣷹, 1957–1982 spelling dem)

  1. to add

Derived terms

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