the
Meaning
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- Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- (colloquial) Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- Used with an adjective
- Used with an adjective
- Used with an adjective
Synonyms
for the
that person
while going
river in Guilan
species of falcon
far side
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈðiː/
Etymology
From Middle English þe, from Old English þē m (“the, that”, demonstrative pronoun), a late variant of sē, the s- (which occurred in the masculine and feminine nominative singular only) having been replaced by the þ- from the oblique stem. replaced words, cognates Originally neutral nominative, in Middle English it superseded all previous Old English nominative forms (sē m, sēo f, þæt n, þā pl); sē is from Proto-West Germanic *siz, from Proto-Germanic *sa, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *só. Cognate with Saterland Frisian die (“the”), West Frisian de (“the”), Dutch de (“the”), German Low German de (“the”), German der (“the”), Danish de (“the”), Swedish de (“the”), Icelandic sá (“that”) within Germanic and with Sanskrit sá (“the, that”), Ancient Greek ὁ (ho, “the”), Tocharian B se (“this”) among other Indo-European languages.
Cognate with Western Frisian
de
Cognate with Dutch
de
Cognate with German
der
Cognate with Dutch
des te
Cognate with German
desto
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