The

Alternative forms

 * ðe, þe , %E1%BA%8Fe , %E1%BA%8Fe : variant spelling of the.
 * ye ,

Pronunciation

 * Rhymes: (generally not applicable as the unstressed variant is never used to terminate a phrase)
 * Rhymes: (generally not applicable as the unstressed variant is never used to terminate a phrase)
 * Rhymes: (generally not applicable as the unstressed variant is never used to terminate a phrase)
 * Rhymes: (generally not applicable as the unstressed variant is never used to terminate a phrase)
 * Rhymes: (generally not applicable as the unstressed variant is never used to terminate a phrase)
 * Rhymes: (generally not applicable as the unstressed variant is never used to terminate a phrase)
 * Rhymes: (generally not applicable as the unstressed variant is never used to terminate a phrase)
 * Rhymes: (generally not applicable as the unstressed variant is never used to terminate a phrase)
 * Rhymes: (generally not applicable as the unstressed variant is never used to terminate a phrase)
 * Rhymes: (generally not applicable as the unstressed variant is never used to terminate a phrase)

The word the is pronounced /ðiː/ whenever it is pronounced as a distinct word, e.g.:
 * When it is used for emphasis (This is the hospital for heart surgery.).
 * When the speaker pauses between the and the next word (the … sovereignty).
 * In many but not all dialects, when the next word begins with a vowel sound (compare with a vs. an).

The word is generally pronounced indistinctly as /ðə/ or merely /ð/ in other situations, such as when attached to a word beginning with a consonant sound.


 * The typographical pronunciation /jiː/ ("Ye Old...") is a deliberately archaic retronym from ye#Etymology_2:, which is a variant spelling of þe, from Old English þē pronounced thē, /ðeː/ (using %E1%BA%8F in place of the thorn (þ). It is not actually a separate pronunciation in Middle English.
 * The actual morpheme /jiː/ in Middle English represents %C8%9De-, a variant spelling of the prefix y- attached to verbs and used to denote a verbal past participle.

Etymology 1
From, from þe:, a late variant of se:. Originally masculine nominative, in it superseded all previous  forms (se:, seo:, þæt:, þa:), from, from. Cognate with de:, die:,  de:, dat:,  der:, die:, das:,  den:,  den:,  það:.

Article

 * I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.)
 * The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
 * The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
 * 1) Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
 * No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
 * God save the Queen!
 * That apple pie was the best.
 * 1) * 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 536:
 * Stern and God-fearing, the Afrikaner takes his religion seriously.
 * Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
 * 1) Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is most usually of concern, or most common or familiar.
 * No one in the whole country had seen it before.
 * I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
 * A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
 * That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
 * No one in the whole country had seen it before.
 * I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
 * A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
 * That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
 * That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
 * That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.

Derived terms

 * nevertheless
 * nonetheless
 * the heck


 * the hell
 * the man
 * the one

Translations

 * Afrikaans: die
 * Albanian: ,
 * Amuzgo: i', eⁿ'
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: (-ë),
 * Basque: ,
 * Bengali: suffixes based on number, formality and animacy
 * -টা, -টি
 * -গুলা, -গুলো
 * -রা, -এরা
 * Breton: al, an , ar
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese: not used
 * Catalan:, , , , , , , , , , ,
 * Chinese: not used
 * Czech: not used
 * Danish:, , ;  , ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: not used
 * Finnish: not used
 * French:, ,
 * Georgian: not used
 * German:,  ,  ,  , ...
 * Greek:
 * Ancient:, , ; , ,
 * Modern:, , ; ,
 * Hawaiian: ka, ke ; nā
 * Hebrew: ‏ה
 * Hindi: not used
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:, , , , ,
 * Ido:, l'
 * Indonesian:, ,
 * Interlingua: le
 * Irish: ,
 * Italian:, , , , ,


 * Japanese: 第 (dai);  not used; but often translated into.
 * Khmer: not used
 * Korean: not used
 * Kölsch: dä, die , dat
 * Lao: not used
 * Latin: not used
 * Lithuanian: not used
 * Macedonian: see Appendix:Macedonian articles
 * Maltese:, , , , , , , , ,
 * Maori: ,
 * Mirandese:
 * Nahuatl:
 * Norwegian:, , , , , , , , , , , ,
 * Novial: li
 * Old English:, ,
 * Persian: not used
 * Polish: not used
 * Portuguese:, , ,
 * Romanian:, , , , , ,
 * Russian: not used
 * Samoan: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:, , ,
 * Sicilian: lu, la ; li m, f plural
 * Slovak: ten
 * Slovenian: not used
 * Spanish:, , , ,
 * Swahili: ya
 * Swedish:, , , , , , , , ,
 * Thai: not used
 * Tongan:
 * Turkish: not used
 * Ukrainian: not used
 * Urdu: not used
 * Vietnamese: not used
 * Volapük: el,  hiel,  jiel
 * Welsh:, ,
 * West Frisian: de f,m and pl., 'e f and m, it, 't
 * Yiddish: דער (der), די  (di), דאָס  (das)


 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, , , , ,
 * French:, ,
 * Greek:, / στη, ; , ,
 * Italian:, , , , ,


 * Japanese: not used
 * Macedonian:, ,
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swedish:, , , , , , ; , ,


 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, ,
 * German:, , ,


 * Greek:, , ; ,
 * Japanese:
 * Portuguese:, , ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,


 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian: not used
 * Finnish: not used
 * French:
 * Greek:, , ; ,
 * Hungarian: ,


 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: not used
 * Macedonian:
 * Portuguese:, , ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: den, det,, de


 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: not used
 * Finnish: not used
 * French:, ,
 * German:, , ,


 * Greek:, , ; ,
 * Italian:, , ; , ,
 * Japanese: not used
 * Spanish:, , , ,
 * Swedish:, ,


 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian: not used
 * Finnish: not used
 * French:, ,
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek:, , ; ,


 * Italian:, , , , ,
 * Japanese: not used, though something+というもの is often used.
 * Macedonian:, ,
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swedish: -n, -en,, -t, -et, -na, -a

Etymology 2
From, from þy:, originally the instrumental case of the demonstratives se: and þæt:. Cognate with des te ("the, the more"),  desto ("the, all the more"),  fordi ("because"),  því:.

Adverb

 * 1) With a comparative or more and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
 * The hotter, the better.
 * The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
 * The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
 * It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
 * 1) With a comparative, and often with for it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated with none.
 * It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
 * It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
 * I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.

Translations

 * Arabic: كلما كان... كان... (example:  (kúllama kaana 'árkhaS kaana 'áfDal) the cheaper the better) (used with a verb in the past tense, "kaana" or others)
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 越……越…… (example: 越 热 越 好 yuè rè yuè hǎo "the hotter the better"), 愈……愈……
 * Czech: čím + comp., tím + comp.
 * Dutch: hoe + comp., hoe + comp.
 * Esperanto: + comp.,  + comp.
 * Finnish: mitä + comp., + sitä + comp.


 * French: le + comp., + le + comp.
 * German: je + comp., + desto + comp.
 * Icelandic: því + comp., + því + comp.
 * Japanese: (conditional -reba + dictionary form + hodo + ～adjective 2) …れば…程… (example: 暑ければ暑い程良い atsukereba atsui hodo ii "the hotter the better")
 * Polish: im + comp., + tym + comp.
 * Portuguese: a + comp., o + comp., as + comp., os + comp.
 * Russian: чем + comp., тем + comp.
 * Swedish: ju + comp., + desto + comp.
 * Thai: (yîng) + comp




 * : čem/tem

Anagrams

 * ETH, Eth, eth, het, TEH, teh

Noun

 * 1)  ("tea")

Noun

 * 1) tea

Noun
the


 * 1) Ear.

Etymology
Replaced the original masculine and feminine nominative forms from, by analogy with the adjective inflection. Compare also ther:, der: where the same process occurred.

Pronoun

 * 1) that, that one

Determiner

 * 1) that

Descendants

 * Low Saxon:

Noun

 * 1)  (tea)

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