die

Meaning

Det

1. that (masculine, feminine); referring to a thing or a person further away.
2. those (plural); referring to things or people further away.
3. (Suriname,colloquial) a certain, a particular; some; this; referring to a thing or a person invisible or unknown to the audience.

Pron

who, whom, which, that

Pronounced as (IPA)

/di/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch die, a merger of Old Dutch thie, thē, thia, thiu and similar forms of the demonstrative. As in Old High German ther, der it replaced the original masculine and feminine nominative forms from Proto-Germanic *sa.

Sentences

Die moeten we niet op het spel zetten .

We shouldn't put that on the line.

Rustig blijven is niet makkelijk in die situatie .

Staying calm is not easy in that situation.

Hier zijn de twaalf dingen die ik bedoelde .

Here are the twelve things I meant.

Dus moeten we ons voorbereiden op de jaren die komen .

So, we need to make preparations for the years to come.

Ze zouden eens wat meer liedjes moeten draaien op de radio in plaats van altijd die commentaar .

They should play some more songs on the radio instead of always commenting.

Verzamel je al die statistieken zelf ?

Do you collect all those statistics yourself?

Op welke bladzijde heb je die formule gevonden ?

On which page did you find that formula?

Die opmerking was sarcastisch bedoelt .

That remark was meant sarcastically.