den

See also: Variations of "den"

den - Translingual

Symbol

den

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Slavey.

den - English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /dɛn/
  • (pin–pen merger) IPA: /dɪn/
  • Homophone: din (pin-pen merger)

Noun

den (plural dens)

  1. A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment.
    • a den of robbers
    • Daniel was put into the lions’ den.
    • Synonyms: lair; Wiktionary appendix of animal terms, including their homes
  2. A squalid or wretched place; a haunt.
    • a den of vice
    • an opium den; a gambling den
  3. A comfortable room not used for formal entertaining.
  4. Synonym of fort (structure improvised from furniture, etc. for playing games.)
    • Our little girls love using bedsheets and other stuff around the house to make dens in the living room and pretending they're on adventures.
  5. (UK, Scotland, obsolete) A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell.
  6. A group of Cub Scouts of the same age who work on projects together.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

den (third-person singular simple present dens, present participle denning, simple past and past participle denned)

  1. (reflexive) To ensconce or hide oneself in (or as in) a den.
  2. (intransitive, zoology) Of an animal, to use as a den; to take up residence in.

Noun

den

  1. Abbreviation of denier (a unit of weight)

Noun

den (plural dens)

  1. (Northumbria, chiefly in place names) Alternative form of dene.

Adverb

den (not comparable)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of then, representing AAVE, Bermuda English.

Anagrams

den - Afrikaans

Pronunciation

IPA: /dɛn/

Noun

den (plural denne)

  1. pine (tree)

den - Akan

Pronunciation

  • Tone: LL

Adjective

den

  1. (Twi) hard
    • nsadenthe hand is hard

(Nouns)

  • denhyɛ

(Adverbs)

  • denneennen

(Adjectives)

den - Bambara

Noun

den

  1. child
  2. fruit

Derived terms

(Sense 1)

Verb

den (intransitive)

  1. to bear fruit

den - Breton

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈdẽːn/

Noun

den m

  1. human being
  2. person, man
  3. husband

den - Cimbrian

Pronoun

den

  1. inflection of dèar:
    1. accusative singular masculine
    2. dative plural

Determiner

den

  1. inflection of dèar:
    1. accusative singular masculine
    2. dative plural

den - Cornish

Pronunciation

  • (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA: [dɛːn]
  • (Revived Late Cornish) IPA: [deːn]

Noun

den m (plural tus)

  1. man
  2. person

Mutation

Cornish consonant mutation
unmutatedsoftaspiratehardmixedmixed after 'th
den dhen unchanged ten ten ten

den - Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈdɛn]

Noun

den m inan or (archaic or literary) m anim

  1. day (24 hours, usually from midnight to midnight)
  1. daytime (time between sunrise and sunset)
  2. (astronomy) day (rotational period of a body orbiting a star)
    • Den na Merkuru trvá téměř 59 pozemských dní.A day on Mercury lasts almost 59 terrestrial days.

Declension

singular plural
nominative den dni, dny
genitive dne dní, dnů
dative dnu, dni dnům
accusative den dni, dny
vocative dne, dni dni, dny
locative dnu, dni dnech
instrumental dnem dny

when animate:

singular plural
nominative den dnové
genitive dne dní, dnů
dative dnu, dni, dnovi dnům
accusative dne dni, dny
vocative dne, dni dnové
locative dnu, dni, dnovi dnech, dních
instrumental dnem dny, dni

Derived terms


Noun

den

  1. genitive plural of dno

Noun

den

  1. genitive plural of dna

Anagrams

den - Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /dɛnˀ/, [ˈd̥ɛnˀ], [d̥ɛn], [d̥n̩], [pm̩]

Article

den c (neuter det, plural de)

  1. (definite) the (used before an adjective preceding a noun)
    • bilen - the car; den røde bil - the red car

Pronoun

den c (neuter det, plural de)

  1. (demonstrative) that, the
  2. (personal) it

den - Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /dɛn/
  • Hyphenation: den

Noun

den m (plural dennen, diminutive dennetje n)

  1. pine, pine tree

Synonyms


Pronunciation

  • IPA: /dɛn/, /dən/
  • Hyphenation: den

Article

den (definite)

  1. (archaic) Dative masculine, neuter, and plural of the definite article.
    • Nederland in den goeden ouden tijd. — The Netherlands in the days of yore.
    • De baron gaf den koetsier een wenk en het rijtuig rolde heen. — The baron gave the coachman a sign and the carriage rode away. (from the story Gaston von Frankrijk by J.J.A. Goeverneur)
    • In den beginne schiep God den hemel en de aarde — In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth
  2. (archaic) Accusative singular masculine of the definite article.
  3. (Southern, dialectal) Masculine singular of the definite article, alternative form of de.

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 use of den for the masculine object case, however, remained usual in the written language until the spelling reform of 1947. Since then only de is generally used in standard Dutch. Den survives in idiomatic expressions, including surnames (e.g. Van den Berg).
  • In Flemish, Brabantian, and Limburgish dialects and vernaculars, den is still widely used with masculine nouns, but without any case distinction. Often den is used before vowels and certain consonants, while de is used before other consonants.
  • The now common pronunciation /dɛn/ is a spelling pronunciation. Before the word became archaic—and still in those lects where it is not archaic—it has been pronounced with a schwa, /dən/.

Inflection

Dutch definite article
Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural
Nominative dedehetde
Genitive desderdesder
Dative denderdenden
Accusative dendehetde

Derived terms

den - German

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /deːn/ (stressed)
  • IPA: /den/, /dən/ (unstressed)
  • Homophone: dehn

Article

den (definite)

  1. inflection of der (the):
    1. accusative masculine singular
    2. dative plural

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

den

  1. that; whom; accusative masculine singular of der

den - Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /dʲɛnˠ/, /dʲənˠ/
  • (Connemara, Aran Islands) IPA: /ɡənˠ/

Contraction

den

  1. Contraction of de an.
    • Bhris mé den chrann é.I broke it off the tree.
    • Fuair sé bás den ocras.He died of hunger.

Usage notes

This contraction is obligatory, i.e. *de an never appears uncontracted. It triggers lenition of a following consonant other than d, s, or t.

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* dárdardarbdarbh
do (“to, for”)dondo na dosna*do mo dom*do do dod*, dot* dárdardarbdarbh
faoi (“under, about”)faoinfaoi nafaoi mofaoi dofaoinafaoinár faoinarfaoinarbfaoinarbh
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.

den - Japanese

Romanization

den

  1. Rōmaji transcription of でん

den - Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /den/, [dən]

Determiner

den m

  1. unstressed form of deen

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

den - Malay

Pronunciation

  • (Johor-Selangor) IPA: /den/
  • (Riau-Lingga) IPA: /dɪn/

Pronoun

den (Jawi spelling دين)

  1. I, me, my

den - Mandarin

Romanization

den

  1. Nonstandard spelling of dēn.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of dèn.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

den - Messapic

Noun

den

  1. voice

den - Middle Dutch

Article

den

  1. inflection of die:
    1. masculine accusative/dative singular
    2. neuter dative singular
    3. dative plural

den - Middle English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /dɛn/, /ˈdɛn(ə)/

Noun

den (plural dennes)

  1. A cave or cavern.
  2. A chamber of residence:
    1. A den (animal lair)
    2. A refuge; a shelter.
  3. A catacomb (subterranean grave)
  4. (anatomy) A cavity; a division.

Descendants


Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /dɛːn/

Noun

den (plural denes)

  1. A dean (ecclesiastical official)
  2. A leader of a group of ten.
  3. A officer of a guild.
  4. (rare, by extension) A leader of a group].

Descendants


Noun

den

  1. Alternative form of dene

Noun

den

  1. Alternative form of deyne

Noun

den

  1. Alternative form of dynne

den - Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA: (stressed) /ˈdɛn/, (unstressed) /dən/

Pronoun

den (genitive dens)

  1. it; third person singular, masculine/feminine gender. Nominative, accusative or dative.

Pronoun

den m or f

  1. (demonstrative pronoun) that

Article

den m or f

  1. The; only used if there is an adjective in front of the noun.
    • bilen: the car → den røde bilen: the red car

Anagrams

den - Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /dɛnː/

Determiner

den m or f (neuter singular det, plural dei)

  1. (demonstrative determiner) that
    • Eg vil ha den bilen.
      • I want that car.

Derived terms

Article

den m or f (neuter singular det, plural dei)

  1. the; only used if there is an adjective or numeral to the noun
    • Han køyrde den raude bilen.
      • He drove the red car.

Usage notes

  • Usually put preceding the noun. In some rare cases of poetry, the article may come after the noun.
  • The noun is nearly always in its definite form. Exceptions include fixed expressions and poetry. Attributive adjectives are always in their definite forms.
  • May be omitted when used with the determiner same, used with an ordinal number, or an adjective denotes an inherent or natural attribute of the thing. Omission occurs more frequently, colloquially, in certain dialects.
    • same tingen[the] same thing
    • fyrste kvelden[the] first night
    • svarte natta[the] dark night

Declension

singular masculine / feminine neuter
nominative-accusative den, denn / dann1 det, dat1
dative3 deim di
plural masculine / feminine / neuter
nominative dei
accusative dei, deim2
dative3 deim
genitive deira, deires3
1: Landsmål. 2: Unofficial today. 3: Rare or dialectal. 4: Obsolete.

Derived terms

  • den dag
  • den eldre
  • den enkelte
  • den gong
  • den siste til å
  • den vonde
  • den yngre

Pronoun

den

  1. (demonstrative pronoun) that one
    • Eg vil ha den.
      • I want that one.

den - Papiamentu

Preposition

den

  1. in
  2. inside
  3. below

den - Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /dɛn/
  • Syllabification: den

Noun

den n

  1. genitive plural of dno

den - Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈden/ [ˈd̪ẽn]
  • Syllabification: den

Verb

den

  1. inflection of dar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

den - Sranan Tongo

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /den/

Pronoun

den

  1. they
  2. them

Determiner

den

  1. their (possessive pronoun)

Article

den

  1. the (plural definite article)

den - Swedish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /dɛnː/

Pronoun

den c

  1. it
  2. that
  3. he or she

Declension

Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
common neuter plural
singular first jag mig, mej3 min mitt mina
second du dig, dej3 din ditt dina
third masculine (person) han honom, han2, en5 hans
feminine (person) hon henne, na5 hennes
gender-neutral (person)1 hen hen, henom7 hens
common (noun) den den dess
neuter (noun) det det dess
indefinite man or en4 en ens
reflexive sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
plural first vi oss vår, våran2 vårt, vårat2 våra
second ni er er, eran2, ers6 ert, erat2 era
archaic I eder eder, eders6 edert edra
third de, dom3 dem, dom3 deras
reflexive sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
1Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, and has gained widespread acceptance today.
2Informal
4Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.
5Informal, somewhat dialectal
6Formal address
7Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council

Article

den c (definite)

  1. (before an adjective preceding a noun) the
    • den röda bilenthe red car

Anagrams

den - Zhuang

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Zhuang) IPA: /teːn˧˥/
  • Tone numbers: den5
  • Hyphenation: den

Noun

den (1957–1982 spelling den)

  1. electricity
Meaning and Definition of den
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