der
English
Etymology 1
Imitative.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɜː/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː
Interjection
der
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Nonstandard spelling of there, reflecting any of a variety of accents with th-stopping.
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Alemannic German
Article
der
- (definite) the
- 1856, Jacob Maehly, Rhigmurmel. Gedichte in Basler Mundart, p. 187f.:
- 'S Emilie werd im elterlige Roth
Sich widersetze, wenn [...] - In 's Emilies Stammbuech [...]
- 'S Emilie werd im elterlige Roth
- 1872, Caspar Hagen, Dichtungen in alemannischer Mundart aus Vorarlberg, p. 67:
- Am Tag der Rast, am Tag der Rueh',
Schout gern dem Kinderg'wimmel,
De frohe Kinderspiele zue
's Allvatterherz vum Himmel!
- Am Tag der Rast, am Tag der Rueh',
- 1872, Caspar Hagen, Dichtungen in alemannischer Mundart aus Vorarlberg, p. 98:
- Was host denn 's Teufels?
- 1872, Caspar Hagen, Dichtungen in alemannischer Mundart aus Vorarlberg, p. 121:
- Ho 's Johrs vum Kind nü Batze g'hett,
Und lützel Garba g'schnitte.
- Ho 's Johrs vum Kind nü Batze g'hett,
- 1872, Caspar Hagen, Dichtungen in alemannischer Mundart aus Vorarlberg, p. 140:
- Der Ehstand ist [...]
- 1872, Caspar Hagen, Dichtungen in alemannischer Mundart aus Vorarlberg, p. 160:
- Sie nimmt vum Bett de-n-arme Wurm
Und [...]
- Sie nimmt vum Bett de-n-arme Wurm
- 1856, Jacob Maehly, Rhigmurmel. Gedichte in Basler Mundart, p. 187f.:
Declension
Vorarlberg:
Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | ||
Nominative | der | d' | des, 's | d' |
Genitive | 's | der | 's | |
Dative | dem | der | dem | de |
Accusative | de de-n- (before a vowel) | d' | des, 's | d' |
Basel:
Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | ||
Nominative | der | die, d' | 's | die, d' |
Genitive | 's | |||
Dative | dem | der, de | dem | de |
Accusative | de | die, d' | 's | d' |
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse þar, from Proto-Germanic *þar (“there”), cognate with English there, German da.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɛːˀr/, [ˈd̥ɛˀɐ̯], [ˈd̥eˀɐ̯], (as a pronoun) IPA(key): /dɛr/, [d̥ɑ]
References
- “der,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
Pronoun
der
- (dummy pronoun) there (expletive word put in the subject field when the subject is postponed to the predicate field, typically with indefinite subjects or subjectless passive verbs)
- der sad to katte på et bord
- two cats were sitting on a table
- der blev diskuteret vildt
- people were debating vehemently
- (relative) who, which, that (introduces relative clauses, only when the pronoun is the subject of the sentence)
- added to interrogative pronouns functioning as the subject of interrogative dependent clauses or exclamative independent clauses
- jeg ved godt, hvem der vinder den flaske
- I know who is going to win that bottle
- hvem der bare havde en hund!
- if only I had a dog
References
- “der,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “der,3” in Den Danske Ordbog
Particle
der
- (deictic particle) that (put after a definite noun phrase)
- hun købte bordet der for ingen penge
- she bought that table for no money
Dutch
Pronunciation
- (stressed) IPA(key): /dɛr/
- (unstressed) IPA(key): /dər/
- Hyphenation: der
Etymology 1
Unstressed form of daar (“there”).
Article
der
Usage notes
- The distinction of the dative case, which had long been frail and without any basis in actual speech, widely fell out of use over the course of the 19th century. The genitive case, chiefly of the plural, was still productively used in written style in the latter half of the 20th century, especially in order to avoid reduplication of van. However, it has since continuously lost ground and is now reserved to poetic and highly literary language (apart from fixed expressions and surnames).
- The current pronunciation is a spelling pronunciation. Before the word became archaic, it was pronounced with a schwa, /dər/.
French
Etymology
Clipping of dernier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛʁ/
Noun
der m or f (plural ders)
- last
- la der des ders (referring to the First World War) ― the war that ends all wars (literally, “the last of the lasts”)
Galician
German
Etymology
From Middle High German der, from Old High German der, ther, replacing the original masculine and feminine nominative forms from Proto-Germanic *sa, by analogy with the adjective inflection. Compare also Old Dutch thie and Old English sē where the same process occurred.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de(ː)r/, [deːɐ̯], [dɛɐ̯], [dɐ]
- The commonest pronunciation is [dɛɐ̯], which is possible in all contexts. The form [deːɐ̯] may be used when the word is stressed. The reduced form [dɐ] occurs chiefly after prepositions and conjunctions. In northern and central German vernaculars, the /d/ may in this case assimilate to a preceding coronal (thus in der may colloquially become [ˈɪnɐ]).
audio (file) - Rhymes: -eːɐ̯
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 |
- Old Declension
German definite articles | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural | |
Nominative | der | die | das (older also: daß) |
die |
Genitive | des (older also: deß) |
der | des (older also: deß) |
deren or derer, also der |
Dative | dem | der | dem | denen, also den |
Accusative | den | die | das (older also: daß) |
die |
This older declension is not used anymore.
For examples see Citations:der.
Derived terms
Article
der
- inflection of der:
- genitive/dative feminine singular
- genitive plural
Pronoun
der m (relative)
Usage notes
In a subordinate clause, indicates a person or thing referenced in the main clause. Used with masculine singular referents.
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 |
- By modern grammar works it is said that derer and deren can both be used without difference.
- Modern grammar books mention the colloquial genitive plural form der.
- Old Declension
Declension of der | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
nominative | der | die | das older also: daß |
die |
genitive | dessen older also: deß, des |
deren older also: der, dero |
dessen older also: deß, des |
derer also: deren older also: dero |
dative | dem older also: deme |
der | dem older also: deme |
denen |
accusative | den | die | das older also: daß |
die |
Pronoun
der (demonstrative)
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 |
- By modern grammar works it is said that derer is used cataphoric, while deren is used anaphoric.
- Modern grammar books mention the colloquial genitive plural form der.
- Old Declension
Declension of der | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
nominative | der | die | das older also: daß |
die |
genitive | dessen older also: deß, des |
deren older also: der, dero |
dessen older also: deß, des |
derer also: deren older also: dero |
dative | dem older also: deme |
der | dem older also: deme |
denen |
accusative | den | die | das older also: daß |
die |
Further reading
- “der” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “der” in Duden online
- “der, die, das (bestimmte Artikel)” in Duden online
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɐ/
Inflection
nominative | accusative | dative | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Proclitic | Enclitic | str. | unstr. | str. | unstr. | |
1st person singular | ich | -ich | mich
meich |
meer | mer
m'r | |
2nd person singular (informal) |
du | -du, -de
-Dau, -De |
dich | deer | der
d'r/D'r | |
3rd person singular (m.) | er; där | -er | ihn | en | ihm | em |
3rd person singular (f.) | sie; die | -se | sie / ihns | se | eer | re |
3rd person singular (n.) | es; das | 's | es |
-et, -'t |
ihm | em |
1st person plural | meer | mer | uns | |||
2nd person plural | deer
Ehr, Dehr |
der | eich | |||
3rd person plural | sie; die | -se | sie | se | denne |
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /der/, [d̪ɛr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /der/, [d̪ɛr]
Limburgish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Dutch der, unstressed form of dāer, from Old Dutch thar, from Proto-West Germanic *þār, from Proto-Germanic *þar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dæʀ/
- Hyphenation: der
- Rhymes: -æʀ
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /der/, [dɐ]
Etymology 1
From Middle High German der.
In the masculine singular, der was originally nominative and den was accusative. This case distinction, which still exists in Standard German, was then lost in Luxembourgish. Why the form der was reassigned to usage with taboo words seems unexplained.
Determiner
der
Declension
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 |
Declension
nominative | accusative | dative | reflexive | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
str. | unstr. | str. | unstr. | str. | unstr. | ||||
1st person singular | ech | — | mech | — | mir | mer | like dat. and acc. | ||
2nd person singular (informal) |
du | de | dech | — | dir | der | like dat. and acc. | ||
2nd person singular (formal) |
Dir | Der | Iech | Iech [əɕ] | Iech | Iech [əɕ] | Iech | ||
3rd person singular | m | hien | en | hien | en | him | em | sech | |
f | si | se | si | se | hir | er | sech | ||
n | hatt | et ('t) | hatt | et ('t) | him | em | sech | ||
1st person plural | mir | mer | eis (ons) | — | eis (ons) | — | eis (ons) | ||
2nd person plural | dir | der | iech | iech [əɕ] | iech | iech [əɕ] | iech | ||
3rd person plural | si | se | si | se | hinnen | en | sech |
Etymology 3
Fossiled genitive plural of the demonstrative pronoun (see deen). Cognate with German derer (only optionally and rarely so used), Dutch er (used as in Luxembourgish).
Adverb
der
- Used with numbers that refer back to a previously named noun; compare French en, Dutch er.
- (Can we date this quote?) “Zwou Bulle Mokka”, performed by Fausti:
- Zwou Bulle Mokka, zwou sou séiss wéi Zocker.
Zwou Bulle Mokka, do fäls de bal vum Hocker.
Zwou Bulle Mokka, zwou Bulle man dech frou,
Well et sinn der zwou – esou.- Two scoops of mocha, two as sweet as sugar.
Two scoops of mocha, you almost fall off your stool.
Two scoops of mocha, two scoops make you happy,
Because they’re two – just like that.
Or: Because it’s two of them – just like that.
- Two scoops of mocha, two as sweet as sugar.
- Ech hunn zwee Kanner an hien huet der dräi.
- I have two children and he has three.
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Middle Dutch
Mòcheno
Etymology
From Middle High German der, from Old High German der, ther, from Proto-Germanic *þa, an alteration of *sa. Cognate with German der, English the.
References
- “der” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
Northern Kurdish
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dæːr/
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dæːr/, /deːr/
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle Norwegian *þiðr, whence also dere. Borrowed from Old East Norse iðʀ with added þ-, similar to þit from hafið it.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deːɾ/
Pronoun
der
Pennsylvania German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛɐ̯/
Declension
Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nominative | der | die | es | die |
Accusative | der | die | es | die |
Dative | dem | der | em | de |
Pronoun
der
- to you
Declension
Nominative | Accusative | Dative | |
---|---|---|---|
1st - Singular | ich | mich | mir mer (unstressed) |
2nd - Singular | du de (unstressed) |
dich | dir der (unstressed) |
3rd - Singular Masculine | er | ihn en (unstressed) |
ihm em (unstressed) |
3rd - Singular Feminine | sie se (unstressed) |
sie se (unstressed) |
ihre re (unstressed) |
3rd - Singular Neuter | es | es | ihm em (unstressed) |
1st - Plural | mir mer (unstressed) |
uns | uns |
2nd - Plural | dihr der (unstressed) |
eich | eich |
3rd - Plural | sie | sie | ihne ne (unstressed) |
2nd - Polite | Sie | Sie | Ihne Ne (unstressed) |
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdɛ(ʁ)/ [ˈdɛ(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈdɛ(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈdɛ(ʁ)/ [ˈdɛ(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdɛ(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈdɛɾ/
Turkish
West Frisian
Adverb
der
- there (unspecific to distance)
- Der binne trije Fryske talen
- There are three Frisian languages.
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deːr/
- Rhymes: -éːr
Antonyms
- hjär
Related terms
Etymology 2
Unstressed doublet of the previous word.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛr(ː)/, /der(ː)/