Du
Contents
Amanab
Noun
du
- a kind of bird
Breton
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *dubu- (“black”) < Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“black”).
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈdyː/
Adjective
Du
Noun
Du m.
Mutation
Breton consonant mutation | |||||
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unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | |
singular | du | zu | unchanged | tu | tu |
Cornish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *dubu- (“black”) < Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“black”).
Adjective
Du
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse þú, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (“you”).
Pronunciation
- IPA: /du/, [d̥u]
Pronoun
Du (objective dig)
- (personal) you (2nd person singular subject pronoun, informal)
See also
Number | Person | Inflection | Nominative | Accusative | Possessive | Reflexive | Reflexive possessive |
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Singular | First | common | jeg | mig | min | ||
neuter | mit | ||||||
plural | mine | ||||||
Second | common | du | dig | din | |||
neuter | dit | ||||||
plural | dine | ||||||
polite form | De | Dem | Deres | ||||
Third | masculine | 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 | |||
polite form | De | Dem | Deres | ||||
Third | – | de | dem | deres | sig |
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA: /duː/, [d̥uːˀ]
Verb
Du (imperative du, present dur or duer, past duede, past participle duet)
Dena'ina
Particle
du
- interrogative particle (placed at the end of the sentence to make a question)
Esperanto
< 1 | 2 | 3 > |
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Cardinal : Du Ordinal : dua Adverbial : due Multiplier : duobla | ||
Etymology
Latin duo or Lithuanian du
Pronunciation
- IPA: /du/
Cardinal number
Du
French
Pronunciation
Contraction
Du
- contraction of de + le (of the).
- contraction of de + le, forms the partitive article.
- The partitive article signifies "some", but it often is not translated in English, Dutch, or German.
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old High German du, akin to Old Saxon thu and English thou.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
du
- (personal) you (sg., informal, friends, relatives).
Inflection
- Nominative: du
- Accusative: dich
- Dative: dir
- Genitive: deiner
The genitive case deiner is more and more rarely used in modern German.
- The genitive case deiner does not express ownership, so one must not mix it up with the possessive pronoun dein, which is declined by gender, singular/plural and case.
Derived terms
Ido
Cardinal number
Du
- (cardinal) two (2)
Kurdish
Cardinal number
Du
- (cardinal) two (2)
Lithuanian
Cardinal number
Du m. (feminine dvi)
- (cardinal) two (2)
Declension
Lojban
Etymology
Derived from dunli.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈdu/
Cmavo
Du
- (identity selbri) x1 equals x2, x3, x4, ...
- li pa su'i vo du li mu (1+4=5)
See also
Mandarin
Pinyin syllable
du
- Nonstandard spelling of dū.
- Nonstandard spelling of dú.
- Nonstandard spelling of dǔ.
- Nonstandard spelling of dù.
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.
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch thū, from Proto-Germanic *þū.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
Du
Notes
This pronoun began to be replaced by ghi in formal address during the Middle Dutch period, and eventually fell out of use altogether.
Synonyms
Norman
Noun
du
Norwegian
Etymology
Pronoun
Du (accusative deg)
- you (familiar sg)
References
- “Du” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.
See also
Nominative | Accusative | Genitive/Possessive pronoun | |
---|---|---|---|
Singular | |||
First person | jeg | meg | min m. |
Second person | du | deg | din m. |
Third person m. | han | han/ham | hans |
Third person f. | hun | henne | hennes |
Third person n. | det | det | dets |
Third person, nonhuman m./f. | den | den | dens |
Plural | |||
First person | vi | oss | vår m. |
Second person | dere | dere | deres |
Third person | de | dem | deres |
Nominative | Objective case | Genitive/Possessive pronoun | |
---|---|---|---|
Singular | |||
First person | eg | meg | min m. |
Second person | du | deg | din m. |
Third person m. | han | han, honom | hans |
Third person f. | ho | ho, henne | hennar |
Third person n. | det, dat† | det, dat† | dess (rare, literary) |
Plural | |||
First person | me, vi | oss | vår m. |
Second person | de | dykk | dykkar |
Third person | dei | dei, deim† | deira |
Old French
Alternative forms
Contraction
Du
Old High German
Etymology
Proto-Germanic *þū, whence also Old English þu, Old Norse þú
Pronoun
du
- you (sing.)
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA: [du]
Verb
du
- second-person singular imperative form of duce.
Swedish
Pronunciation
Pronoun
du
Notes
While du is the traditionally familiar mode of address, it is since the early '70s the standard in almost all circumstances, possibly capitalized in formal communications. Recently, use of the second-person plural pronoun ni as a less familiar (and thus more formal) pronoun has appeared to some extent, but mainly amongst shopkeepers towards the customers.
The same pronoun ni has also been used historically as a formal way of address, but its use has (in particular in Sweden, not so much in Swedish-speaking parts of Finland) been restricted to addressing people of lower social status, whereby a plethora of different constructions were employed as to avoid the issue of pronouns whatsoever. See also the article about T-V distinction in Wikipedia.
Vietnamese
Verb
du
Derived terms
Welsh
Adjective
Du (formal plural duon, comparative duach, superlative duaf)
- black
- Mae ganddo fo fwstash du - He has a black mustache
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
du | ddu | nu | unchanged |
ang:du ar:du az:du br:du cs:du cy:du da:du de:du et:du el:du es:du eo:du eu:du fo:du fr:du fy:du ga:du ko:du hy:du hr:du io:du is:du it:du ka:du ku:du lo:du la:du lv:du lb:du lt:du li:du hu:du nl:du ja:du no:du nn:du pl:du pt:du ro:du ru:du scn:du fi:du sv:du tr:du uk:du vi:du vo:du wa:du zh:du
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