this

Meaning

Synonyms

that
A1
these
A1
here
A1
it
A1
🇮🇹
this one
she
A1
👩
he
A1
👨
the
A1
now
A1
her
A1
proximal
43k
him
A1
those
A1
present
A2
such
A1
this here
current
B2

this is it

so
A1
near
A2
its
A1
his
A1
this way
so long
thus
B2
today
A1

today’s

tooth
B2
🦷
us
A1
🇺🇸
year
A1
yonder
C2

previously mentioned

That’s it

that thing

2
ts
24k

that and the other

animate demonstrative

to be

inanimate demonstrative

actual
B2
aforementioned
32k
basis
B2
demonstrative pronoun

for this

foundation
B2
head
A1
hers
B2

if so

louse
C2
Translations

este
ce
dieser
questo
deze
ceci
dit
dies
dieses
celui-ci
diese
cette
esto
aquest
Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ðɪs/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
this
Inherited from Old English
þis
Cognate with Scots
this
Cognate with Saterland Frisian
dusse
Cognate with Western Frisian
Western Frisian
dizze
Cognate with German
German
dies
In summary

From Middle English this, from Old English þis (neuter demonstrative), from North Sea Germanic base *þa- "that", from Proto-Germanic *þat, from Proto-Indo-European *tód, extended form of demonstrative base *to-; + North-West Germanic definitive suffix -s, from Proto-Indo-European *só (“this, that”). Cognate with Scots this (“this”), Saterland Frisian dusse (“this”), West Frisian dizze (“this”), German dies, dieses (“this”), Old Gutnish þissi (“this”).

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