Alemannic German edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
du
Declension edit
nominative | accusative | dative | possessive | ||
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1st person seengular | ich, i | mich, mi | mir, mer | miin | |
2nt person seengular | familiar | du | dich | dir | diin |
polite | Si | Ine, Ene | Ire | ||
3rd person seengular | m | er | in | im | siin |
f | si | ire | |||
n | es | im | siin | ||
1st person plural | mir | öis | öise | ||
2nt person plural | ir | öi | öie | ||
3rd person plural | si | ine, ene | ire |
Amanab edit
Noun edit
du
- a kynd o bird
Breton edit
Etymology edit
Frae Proto-Brythonic *duβ, frae Proto-Celtic *dubus, frae Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
du
Noun edit
du m
Mutation edit
Cornish edit
Etymology edit
Frae Proto-Brythonic *duβ, frae Proto-Celtic *dubus, frae Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
du
Mutation edit
Dens edit
Etymology 1 edit
Frae Old Danish thu, frae Old Norse þú, frae Proto-Germanic *þū, frae Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (“you”).
Pronunciation edit
Pronoon edit
du (objective dig)
See an aa edit
Number | Person | Inflection | Nominative | Accusative | Possessive | Reflexive | Reflexive possessive |
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Singular | First | common | jeg | mig | min | ||
neuter | mit | ||||||
plural | mine | ||||||
Seicont | common | du | dig | din | |||
neuter | dit | ||||||
plural | dine | ||||||
formal | 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 | ||||||
Seicont | – | I | jer | jeres | |||
formal | De | Dem | Deres | ||||
Third | – | de | dem | deres | sig |
Etymology 2 edit
Frae Old Danish dughæ, frae Old Norse duga.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
du (imperative du, present dur or duer, past duede, past participle duet)
Dena'ina edit
Particle edit
du
- interrogative paurticle (placed at the end o the sentence tae mak a quaisten)
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Frae Middle Dutch du, frae Old Dutch thū, frae Proto-Germanic *þū, frae Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.
Pronoun edit
du
Elfdalian edit
Etymology edit
Frae Old Norse þú, frae Proto-Germanic *þū, frae Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Cognate wi Swadish du.
Pronoun edit
du
Esperanto edit
< 1 | 2 | 3 > |
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Cardinal : du Ordinal : dua Adverbial : due Multiplier : duobla Fractional : duona | ||
Etymology edit
Frae Laitin duo, frae Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
du
Derived terms edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Frae Old French del.
Pronunciation edit
Contraction edit
du
Uisage notes edit
- The partitive airticle signifies "some", but it eften is nae translatit in Inglis, Dutch, or German.
Gaikundi edit
Noun edit
du
Forder readin edit
German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Frae Old High German du (akin tae Old Saxon thu an Inglis thou), itsel frae Proto-Germanic *þū, frae Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.
Pronunciation edit
- (colloquially in unstressed position) IPA(key): /də/
- In colloquial speech in Germany, the /d/ can assimilate tae a precedin coronal whan the wird is unstressed. This ayeweys happens efter the seicont person seengular verb endin, except in purposefully enunciatit speech.
Pronoun edit
du
Uissage notes edit
- Du is the informal seicont person pronoon. In polite leid, the third person plural Sie (ayeweys caipitalised) is uised.
- As a semplifee'd rule ane can say that du is uised amang friends, relatives, an young fowk up tae 25~30 years. Du is ayeweys uised tae address childer up tae 14~16 years, as weel as gods, ainimals, an ither craiturs.
- Uissage an aa depends a lot on the settin in which fowk meet: twa unacquaintit, middle-aged persons are quite likely tae uise du whan thay meet, for example, in a pub, but much less sae whan thay meet in the street.
- Uissage varies in different pairts o the German-speakin warld. For example, strangers mey cry ilk ither du mair readily in Berlin nor in Munich.
Inflection edit
nominative | accusative | genitive | dative | possessive | ||
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1st person seengular | ich | mich | meiner († mein) |
mir | mein | |
2nt person seengular (familiar)1 | du | dich | deiner († dein) |
dir | dein | |
3rd person seengular | m | er | ihn | seiner († sein) |
ihm | sein |
f | sie | ihrer | ihr | |||
n | es | seiner († sein) |
ihm | sein | ||
1st person plural | wir | uns | unser | uns | unser | |
2nt person plural (familiar)1 | ihr | euch | euer | euch | euer | |
3rd person plural | sie | ihrer | ihnen | ihr | ||
polite address | naiturally: 2nt person sg. or pl.; grammatically: 3rd person pl. |
Sie | Ihrer | Ihnen | Ihr |
1Eften caipitalised, especially in letters
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- Wt/sco/du in Duden online
Gothic edit
Romanization edit
du
- Romanization o 𐌳𐌿
Hunsrik edit
Etymology edit
Frae Old High German du (akin tae Old Saxon thu an Inglis thou), itsel frae Proto-Germanic *þū, frae Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
du
Inflection edit
nominative | accusative | dative | ||||
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Proclitic | Enclitic | str. | unstr. | str. | unstr. | |
1st person singular | ich | -ich | mich | meer | mer | |
2nt person seengular (informal) |
du | -du, -de | dich | deer | der | |
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 seengular (n) | es, das | 's | es | ihm | em | |
1st person plural | meer | mer | uns | uns | ||
2nt person plural | deer | der | eich | eich | ||
3rd person plural | sie, die | -se | sie | se | denne |
Forder readin edit
Ido edit
< 1 | 2 | 3 > |
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Cardinal : du Ordinal : duesma Adverbial : dufoye Multiplier : duopla Fractional : duima | ||
Ido Wikipedia article on du |
Etymology edit
Frae Esperanto du, frae French deux, Spaingie dos, Italian due, ultimately frae Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.
Numeral edit
du
Interlingue edit
Numeral edit
du
Kurdish edit
Etymology edit
Frae Proto-Iranian *duu̯a (compare Persie دو (do), Pashto دوه (dwa), Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬀 (duua)), frae Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Sanskrit द्व (dvá), Marathi दोन (don), Hindi दो (do)/Urdu دو (do), Punjabi ਦੋ (dō)), frae Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (compare Russian два (dva), Lithuanian du, Greek δύο (dýo), Spaingie dos, Inglis two, Scots twa).
Numeral edit
du
Ligurian edit
Pronunciation edit
Contraction edit
du
Uissage notes edit
- The pairtitive airticle signifies "some", but it eften is nae translatit in Inglis, Scots, Dutch, or German.
Lithuanie edit
Etymology edit
Frae Proto-Baltic *duwō, frae Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Compare Latvian divi. Cognate tae Laitin duo.
Numeral edit
du m (feminine dvi)
Declension edit
Lojban edit
Etymology edit
Derived frae dunli.
Pronunciation edit
Cmavo edit
- (identity selbri) x1 equals x2, x3, x4, ...
- li pa su'i vo du li mu
- one plus four equals five
See also edit
Lawer Sorbian edit
Etymology edit
Frae Proto-Slavic *jьdǫ (first-person seengular) an *jьdǫtь (third-person plural), inflectit forms o *jьti.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
du
Synonyms edit
- (first-person seengular): źom
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
Frae Proto-Germanic *þū.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
du
Declension edit
nominative | accusative | dative | reflexive | |||||
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str. | unstr. | str. | unstr. | str. | unstr. | |||
1st person singular | ech | — | mech | — | mir | mer | mech | |
2nt person singular (informal) |
du | de | dech | — | dir | der | dech | |
2nt person singular (formal) |
Dir | — | Iech | — | Iech | — | Iech | |
3rd person singular (m) | hien | en | en | — | him | em | sech | |
3rd person singular (f) | si / hatt | se / et | si / hatt | se / et | hir / him | — / em | sech | |
3rd person singular (n) | et | 't | et | 't | him | em | sech | |
1st person plural | mir | mer | eis / ons | — | eis / ons | — | eis / ons | |
2nt person plural | dir | der | iech | — | iech | — | iech | |
3rd person plural | si | — | si | — | hinnen | – | sech |
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
du
- Nonstaundart spellin o dū.
- Nonstaundart spellin o dú.
- Nonstaundart spellin o dǔ.
- Nonstaundart spellin o dù.
Uissage notes edit
- Scots transcriptions o Mandarin speech eften fail tae distinguish atween the creetical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin leid, uisin wirds such as this ane withoot the appropriate indication o tone.
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Frae Old Dutch thū, frae Proto-Germanic *þū.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
du
Uissage notes edit
This pronoon begoud tae be replaced bi gi in formal address during the Middle Dutch period, an eventually fell oot o uise awthegither.
Inflection edit
Descendants edit
- Limburgish: doe
Further reading edit
Middle Low German edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology edit
Frae Old Saxon thū, frae Proto-Germanic *þū.
Pronoun edit
dû
Declension edit
nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | ||
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1st person seengular | ik (ek) | mî (mê, mik, mek) | mîn (mîner) | ||
2nt person seengular | dû | dî (dê, dik, dek) | dîn (dîner) | ||
3rd person seengular | |||||
m | hê (hî, hie) | ēne, en (ȫne, ȫn) | ēme, em (ȫme, en) | sîn (sîner) | |
n | it (et) | ||||
f | sê (sî, sie, sü̂) | ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer) | |||
1st person plural | wî (wê, wie) | uns (ûs, ös, ü̂sik) | unser (ûser) | ||
2nt person plural | gî (jê, î) | jû (jûwe, û, jük, gik) | jûwer (ûwer) | ||
3rd person plural | sê (sî, sie) | em, öm, jüm (en) | ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer) | ||
For an explanation o the forms in brackets see here. |
Descendants edit
Norman edit
Etymology edit
Frae Laitin dux, ducem.
Noun edit
du m
Related terms edit
North Frisian edit
Etymology edit
Frae Proto-Germanic *dōną. Cognates include Mooring North Frisian düünj an Wast Frisian dwaan.
Verb edit
du
- (Föhr-Amrum) tae dae
- (Föhr-Amrum) tae gie
Conjugation edit
infinitive I | du | |
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infinitive II | tu duen | |
past pairteeciple | den | |
imperative seengular | du | |
imperative plural | du'em | |
present | past | |
1st-person seengular | ik du | ik ded, diad |
2nt-person seengular | dü deest | dü dedst, diadst |
3rd-person seengular | hi/hat/at dee | hi/hat/at ded, diad |
1st-person dual | wat du | wat ded, diad |
2nd-person dual | jat du | jat ded, diad |
1st-person plural | wi du | wi ded, diad |
2nt-person plural | jam du | jam ded, diad |
3rd-person plural | jo du | jo ded, diad |
perfect | pluperfect | |
1st-person seengular | ik haa den | ik hed den |
2nt-person seengular | dü heest den | dü hedst den |
3rd-person seengular | hi/hat/at hee den | hi/hat/at hed den |
1st-person dual | wat haa den | wat hed den |
2nt-person dual | jat haa den | jat hed den |
1st-person plural | wi haa den | wi hed den |
2nt-person plural | jam haa den | jam hed den |
3rd-person plural | jo haa den | jo hed den |
futur (skel) | futur (wel) | |
1st-person seengular | ik skal du | ik wal du |
2nt-person seengular | dü skääl du | dü wääl du |
3rd-person seengular | hi/hat/at skal du | hi/hat/at wal du |
1st-person dual | wat skel du | wat wel du |
2nt-person dual | jat skel du | jat wel du |
1st-person plural | wi skel du | wi wel du |
2nt-person plural | jam skel du | jam wel du |
3rd-person plural | jo skel du | jo wel du |
Northren Sami edit
Pronoun edit
du
- accusative and genitive of don
Norse Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Frae Old Norse þú, frae Proto-Germanic *þū, frae Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
du (objective case deg)
References edit
- “Wt/sco/du” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
See also edit
Nominative | Objective case | 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 |
Seicont person | dere | dere | deres |
Third person | de | dem | deres |
Norse Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Frae Old Norse þú, frae Proto-Germanic *þū, frae Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoon edit
du (objective case deg)
References edit
- “Wt/sco/du” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
See also edit
Nominative | Objective case | Genitive/Possessive pronoun | |
---|---|---|---|
Singular | |||
First person | eg | meg | min m |
Seicont person | du | deg | din m |
Third person m | han | han, honom3 | hans |
Third person f | ho | ho, henne | hennar, hennes4 |
Third person n | det, dat1 | det, dat1 | dess 2 |
Plural | |||
First person | me, vi | oss | vår m |
Seicont person | de, dokker | dykk, dokker | dykkar, dokkar, deires4 |
Third person | dei | dei, deim3 | deira |
Notes | |||
1Never part o offeecial Nynorsk/Landsmål. Primarily uised afore Landsmål received an offeecial written norm. | |||
2Rare or leeterary | |||
3Na langer pairt o the offeecial written norm. Nou primarily uised in Høgnorsk texts. | |||
4Na langer pairt o the offeecial written norm. These non-tradeetional furms wur addit tae the norm tae either approach the the Samnorsk ideal or certain dialects. |
Novial edit
< 1 | 2 | 3 > |
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Cardinal : du Ordinal : duesmi | ||
Numeral edit
du
Auld French edit
Alternative forms edit
Contraction edit
du
Auld Heich German edit
Etymology edit
Frae Proto-Germanic *þū, whance an aa Old English þu, Old Norse þú, an ultimately frae Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Perhaps the earliest attestation o the pronoon is the inscription on the Bülach fibula, which mey shaw ᛞᚢ (du) awready differentiatit frae ither Germanic leids’ þu.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
du
- thoo, ye (seicont-person seengular pronoon)
- 3rd-6t century, inscription on the Bülach fibula:
- ᚠᚱᛁᚠᚱᛁᛞᛁᛚ / ᛞᚢ / ...
- frifridil / du / […]
- Frifridil, you / […]
- frifridil / du / […]
- ᚠᚱᛁᚠᚱᛁᛞᛁᛚ / ᛞᚢ / ...
- 3rd-6t century, inscription on the Bülach fibula:
Descendants edit
- German: du
See an aa edit
- fridil (“a pet name for a male luver”)
References edit
- Heinz Klingenberg, Runenfibel von Bülach, Kanton Zürich. Liebesinschrift aus alemannischer Frühzeit, in the Alemannisches Jahrbuch (1973/75), page 308
- Heinz Klingenberg, Die Runeninschrift aus Bülach, in Helvetia archaeologica, vollum 7 (1976), pages 116–121
- Stephan Opitz, Südgermanische Runeninschriften im älteren Futhark aus der Merowingerzeit (Freiburg im Breisgau, 1977)
Romanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
du
- seicont-person seengular imperative form o duce.
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Frae Old Swedish þū, frae Old Norse þú, frae Proto-Germanic *þū, frae Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
du
Declension edit
Venetian edit
Etymology edit
Compare Italian due
Numeral edit
du m
Synonyms edit
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Vietnamese, frae 遊/游
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
du
Derived terms edit
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
Frae Proto-Brythonic *duβ, frae Proto-Celtic *dubus, frae Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-.
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /dɨː/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /diː/
Adjective edit
du (feminine seengular du, plural duon, equative dued, comparative duach, superlative duaf)
- black
- Mae ganddo fo fwstash du.
- He haes a black mustache
See also edit
Colours in Welsh · lliwiau (layout · text) | ||||
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coch | gwyrdd | melyn | melynwyn | gwyn |
rhudd | majenta | glaswyrdd | gwyrdd leim | pinc |
indigo | glas | oren, melyngoch | llwyd | fioled |
du | porffor | brown | asur, gwynlas | gwyrddlas |
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | saft | nasal | aspirate |
Wt/sco/du | unchynged | unchynged | Hwt/sco/du |
Note: Some o thir forms mey be hypothetical. Nae ivery possible mutatit form o ivery wird actually occurs. |