thee

Meaning

Pron

1. (archaic, literary, objective, second-person, singular) Objective and reflexive case of thou.
2. (archaic, dialectal, objective, second-person, singular) Thou.

Verb

1. (transitive) To address (a person) using the pronoun thee.
2. (intransitive) To use the word thee.

Verb

To thrive; prosper.

Noun

The letter ⟨(⟩, which stands for the th sound /ð/ in Pitman shorthand.

Article

Alternative spelling of the.

Synonyms

you

thou

thyself

to you

ye

yourself

to thee

SG

U

yer

thy

Translations

je

te

jou

toi

t’

ti

tu

te

u

aan jou

naar je

vous

aan je

ti

te

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ðiː/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: þe

Inherited from Old English: þē

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: die

Cognate with Western Frisian: dy

Cognate with German: dir

Cognate with Icelandic: þér

In summary

From Middle English þe, from Old English þē (“thee”, originally dative, but later also accusative, supplanting accusative þec), from Proto-Germanic *þiz (“thee”), from Proto-Indo-European *te (“second-person singular pronoun”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian die (“thee”), West Frisian dy (“thee”), German Low German di (“thee”), German dir (“thee”, dative pron.), Icelandic þér (“thee”). More at thou.