De

Etymology
From Deutschland:.


 * 1) Germany

Alternative forms

 * dee

Verb

 * 1)  To do.

Anagrams

 * ed, Ed, ED, Ed., E.D.

Etymology
From de:.

Preposition

 * 1) of, from

Etymology
From de:.

Preposition

 * 1) of, from

Noun

 * 1) The Latin letter D (lowercase d).

Preposition

 * 1) of, from

Pronoun

 * 1) they

Etymology
An unstressed variety of die:. See die: for more information.

Article
of common gender


 * 1) the
 * De man — “The man”
 * De vrouw — “The woman”
 * Het boek — “The book”
 * De boeken — “The books”
 * De oude man en de zee.
 * The Old Man and the Sea.

Derived terms

 * dezelfde
 * des, der, den, 's

Anagrams

 * e.d.

Etymology
From de:,  de:,  de:.

Preposition

 * 1) from
 * Mi ne aĉetas ion ajn de ĉi tiu vendejo!
 * I don't buy anything at all from this store!
 * 1) possessed by
 * La aŭto de Davido estas nigra.
 * David's car is black.
 * 1) done, written or composed by
 * Ĉu vi havas esperantan tradukon de Drakulo de Bram Stoker?
 * Do you have an Esperanto translation of Dracula by Bram Stoker?
 * La viro estis mordita de hundo.
 * The man was bitten by a dog.

Preposition

 * 1) of expresses belonging
 * 2) * 1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I:
 * Dans une bourgade de la Manche, dont je ne veux pas me rappeler le nom, vivait, il n’y a pas longtemps, un hidalgo ....
 * In a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not want to remember, lived, not long ago, an hidalgo ....
 * Paris est la capitale de la France.
 * Paris is the capital of France.
 * En 1905, les églises deviennent la propriété de l'État.
 * In 1905, churches became the property of the state.
 * 1) 's used to express property or association
 * Œuvres de Fermat
 * Fermat’s Works
 * Elle est la femme de mon ami.
 * She's my friend's wife.
 * le voisin de Gabriel
 * Gabriel's neighbor
 * 1) from used to indicate origin
 * Elle vient de la France.
 * She comes from France.
 * Vous êtes de la Suisse ?
 * Are you from Switzerland?
 * Ce fromage est de l'Espagne.
 * This cheese is from Spain.
 * C'est de l'ouest de la France.
 * It's from the west of France.
 * Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux.
 * The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
 * 1) of indicates an amount
 * 5 kilos de pommes.
 * 5 kilograms of apples.
 * une verre de vin
 * a glass of wine
 * une portion de frites
 * a portion of fries
 * jus de pomme
 * apple juice
 * verre de vin
 * glass of wine
 * boite de nuit
 * night club
 * chien de garde
 * guard dog
 * voiture de sport
 * sports car
 * stade de football
 * football stadium
 * 1) from used to indicate the start of a time or range
 * De 9:00 à 11:00 je ne serai pas libre.
 * From 9 to 11 I won't be free.
 * Je travaille de huit heures à midi.
 * un groupe de cinq à huit personnes.
 * The group consists of [from] five to people people.
 * Je me suis arrêté de fumer.
 * I stopped smoking.
 * Il continue de m'embêter.
 * He keeps annoying me.
 * Elle m'a dit de venir.
 * She told me to come.
 * Nous vous proposons de venir.
 * We suggest you come.
 * Nous vous proposons de venir.
 * We suggest you come.

Article

 * 1)  some; any (in questions or negatives)
 * Je voudrais de la viande.
 * I'd like some meat.
 * Est-ce qu'il y a de la bonne musique ?
 * Is there any good music?
 * Nous cherchons du lait.
 * We're looking for some milk.
 * 1)  a, an, any
 * Elle n'a pas de mère.
 * She hasn't got a mother.
 * Il n'a pas de crayon.
 * He hasn't got a pencil.
 * Je n'ai pas de temps.
 * I haven't got any time.

Derived terms

 * d’, du, des

Anagrams

 * ed, éd.

Etymology
From de:.

Preposition

 * 1) of, from

Etymology
From deux:

Cardinal number

 * 1) two

Adverb

 * 1) how!, very much
 * De szép ez a ház! - Oh, how beautiful that house is!

Synonyms

 * be
 * milyen

Conjunction

 * 1) but
 * 2) (oh) yes!, surely! (used as a positive contradiction to a negative statement)
 * Nem voltál itt! - De ott voltam. - You weren't here! - Yes I was there!

Derived terms

 * dehogy
 * dehát
 * deviszont
 * In expressions
 * a lélek kész, de a test erőtlen

Preposition

 * 1) from (not to be confused with di)
 * 2) of (comprising, containing, or made from)

Preposition

 * 1) of, from

Preposition

 * 1) from
 * 2) of

Related terms

 * d'

Contraction

 * Michael Radford è il regista de "Il postino". &mdash; "Michael Radford is the director of "Il Postino".
 * Michael Radford è il regista de "Il postino". &mdash; "Michael Radford is the director of "Il Postino".

Anagrams

 * ed

Particle

 * 1) で: indicating location or instrumental

Noun

 * 1) woman

Related terms

 * ǯau
 * zau

Etymology 1
Perhaps from ded: (compare dat:), old  of pronom. stem da:; and the suffixes, old case-forms, -dam, -dem, -dum, -do with the locative -de.

Preposition

 * 1) of, concerning, about
 * De rebus mathematicis.
 * Concerning mathematical things.
 * 1) * 1772-1778 Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiæ by Finnur Jónsson, chapter one (Google books)
 * De introductione religionis Christianæ in Islandiam.
 * Of the introduction of Christianity to Iceland.
 * 1) from, away from, down from, out of (in general to indicate the person or place from which any thing is taken, etc., with verbs of taking away, depriving, demanding, requesting, inquiring, buying; as capere, sumere, emere, quaerere, discere, trahere, etc., and their compounds).
 * Emere de aliquo.
 * To buy from someone.
 * Aliquid mercari de aliquo.
 * Someone trades from someone.
 * ''De aliquo quaerere, quid, etc., C
 * To search for someone. (?)
 * Saepe hoc audivi de patre.
 * De mausoleo exaudita vox est.
 * Ut sibi liceret discere id de me.
 * (so with petere, of place) De vicino terra petita solo.
 * (so of persons (late Latin)) Peto de te.
 * Animam de corpore mitto.
 * Aliquo quom jam sucus de corpore cessit.
 * Civitati persuasit, ut de finibus suis cum omnibus copiis exirent.
 * Decedere de provincia.
 * De vita decedere.
 * Exire de vita. (compare excedere e vita)
 * De' triclinio, de cubiculo exire.
 * Hamum de cubiculo ut e navicula jacere.
 * De castris procedere.
 * Brassica de capite et de oculis omnia (mala) deducet.
 * De digito anulum detraho.
 * From the finger I pull the ring.
 * De matris complexu aliquem avellere atque abstrahere.
 * Nomen suum de tabula sustulit.
 * Ferrum de manibus extorsimus.
 * Juris utilitas vel a peritis vel de libris depromi potest.
 * ...decido de lecto praeceps.
 * De muro se deicere.
 * De sella exsilire.
 * Nec ex equo vel de muro etc., hostem destinare.
 * De caelo aliquid demittere.
 * 1) to depart, withdraw from
 * De altera parte agri Sequanos decedere juberet.

Derived terms

 * sexagenarios de ponte

Related terms

 * de-
 * decline
 * deduce
 * depose

Descendants

 * Aragonese:
 * Asturian:
 * Catalan:
 * Corsican:
 * Esperanto:
 * French:
 * Galician:


 * Ido:
 * Interlingua:
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Sicilian:
 * Spanish:

Adverb

 * 1) down

Particle

 * 1)  someone/something that exists #2

Related terms

 * da
 * di
 * ko'a
 * ko'e
 * ko'i
 * ko'o
 * ko'u
 * fo'a
 * fo'e
 * fo'i
 * fo'o
 * fo'u

Affix

 * 1) be able

Derived terms

 * Category:Mandarin words derived from: de (affix) Etymology 得

Particle

 * 1) a subordinating particle (of subordination)
 * sòngcài shēngjiàngjī shì yī-zhǒng sòng fàn-cài de xiǎoxíng shēngjiàngjī.
 * dumbwaiter is a kind of small lift for delivering meal.
 * Zhongguo de nanfangren xihuan chi mifan.
 * Chinese southerners like to eat cooked rice.
 * Zhongguo de beifangren xihuan chi miantiao.
 * Chinese northerners like to eat noodles.
 * zhe shi ta de di-yi ci huaiyun.
 * This was her first pregnancy.


 * 1) * ta de Zhongwen hen hao, ta nenggou shuxieziru.
 * her/his Chinese is very good, she/he can write smoothly.
 * 1) * Hanyu Pinyin shi xuexi huozhe shiyong Hanyu he Hanzi de gongju.
 * Hànyǔ Pīnyīn shì xuéxí huòzhě shǐyòng Hànyǔ hé Hànzì de gōngjù.
 * 漢語拼音是學習或者使用漢語和漢字的工具.
 * 汉语拼音是学习或者使用汉语和汉字的工具.
 * Pinyin is a tool for learning or using Hanyu and Hanzi.
 * 1) * wǒ mǎi de shū.
 * the book I bought.
 * 1) * shíjiàn shi jianyan zhenli de biaozhun.
 * 实践是检验真理的标准
 * practice is the standard for testing truth.
 * 1) * zhe-jian canting de shiwu haochi, danshi hen gui.
 * 这间餐厅的食物好吃，但是很贵.
 * The food of this restaurant is delicious, but it is very expensive.
 * 1) * Chengdu shi Zhongguo xinan de da chengshi.
 * Chéngdū shì Zhōngguó xīnán de dà Chéngshì.
 * 成都是中国西南的大城市.
 * Chengdu is the big city of the southwest China.
 * 1) * ta zhongyu jiejuele yunshu de kunnan.
 * She/he finally solved the difficulty of transportation.
 * 1) * ta zongshi shitu jie2shi2 neng bangzhu ta de ganbu.
 * she/he always tries to cultivate cadres who might be able to help him.
 * 1) * Fang jiaoshou xiang3chu1le yige banfa lai xiaomie zhongzi shang de xijun.
 * Professor Fang worked out a method to destroy bacteria on the seeds.
 * 1) * zhe-ci diaocha bijiaole butong guojia de jiage.
 * the survey compares prices in different countries.
 * 1) * Huhehaote shi Zhongguo Neimenggu Zizhiqu de shoufu.
 * Hohhot is the capital of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region of China.
 * 1) * ganxie renjia de yuanzhu.
 * thank others for their assistance.
 * 1) * ta yanjiuguo dongfang guojia de wenhua.
 * she/he has studied the cultures of the eastern countries.
 * 1) * pengren de jiben jiqiao.
 * the basic skill of cookery.
 * 1) * zhengfu caiqu zhizhi tonghuo pengzhang de fangzhen shi zhengque de.
 * the government was correct to follow a course of defeating inflation.
 * 1) * zheli de kongqi hen hao.
 * the air is very good here.
 * 1) * jintian de gupiao shichang chengjiaoliang chaoguo 1000 yì Yuan.
 * 今天的股票市场成交量超过1000亿元.
 * the buying and selling volume of stock market today has exceeded 100 billion Yuan.
 * 1) * bianzheng weiwuzhuyi de jiben yuanze jiushi shishiqiushi.
 * the basic principle of dialectical materialism is to seek the truth from facts.
 * 1) * ta shi women gongsi bumen de zhǔrèn.
 * she/he is the supervisor of a department of our company.
 * 1) * songcai shengjiangji shi yi-zhong song fan-cai de xiaoxing shengjiangji.
 * dumbwaiter is a kind of small lift for delivering meal.
 * 1) * zhe-jian fandian de shiwu haochi, danshi hen gui.
 * The food of this restaurant is delicious, but it is very expensive.
 * 1) * guangchang de zhongyang you yige jinianbei.
 * there is a monument in the center of the public square.
 * 1) * ni de jiankang jiancha jieguo hen zhengchang.
 * the results of your health exam show that everything is normal.
 * 1) * duoyinjiehua shi yuyan fazhan de fangxiang.
 * polysyllablization is the trend of language development.
 * 1) * paishengci shi yige cong qita ci paisheng chulai de ci.
 * derivative is a word that derives from another one.
 * 1) * yuyan wenzi shi renlei shehui shíjiàn de chanwu.
 * language is the product of the practice of the human society.
 * 1) * Zhongguo Renmin Daxue de geyan shi "shishiqiushi".
 * the motto of Renmin University of China is to "Seek Truth from Facts".

Particle

 * 1) an adjective particle
 * ''fàcài shì yīzhǒng lùshēng de zǎoqīngjūn (yīzhǒng guānghéxìjūn), jiùshì yòngzuò Zhōngguócài de yīzhǒng shūcài.
 * facai is a terrestrial cyanobacterium (a type of photosynthetic bacteria) that is used as a vegetable in Chinese cuisine.
 * bōcài (Spinacia oleracea) shì yīzhǒng kěshíyòng de xiànkē yǒuhuāzhíwù.
 * Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) is an edible flowering plant in the family of Amaranthaceae.


 * 1) * renzaoyu shi yi-zhong renzao de yuyan, piru Shijieyu.
 * artificial language is a kind of man-made language, such as Esperanto.
 * 1) * ta shi yige chéngshí de haizi.
 * tā shì yīge chéngshí de háizi.
 * 她/他是一个诚实的孩子.
 * she/he is an honest child.
 * 1) * xu4jiu3 bei renwei shi yige zhuyao de shehui wenti.
 * alcoholism is recognized as a major social problem.
 * 1) * yangrou shi yi-zhong bu3shen1 de roulei.
 * mutton/lamb is a kind of nourishing meats.
 * 1) * ta renzhen de jianchale dazigao, paichule suoyou de cuowu.
 * she/he went through the typescript carefully to eliminate all errors from it.
 * 1) * zher you yi-jia qiongku de renjia.
 * there is a needy family.
 * 1) * yi-zhong jiduan buli de huanjing tiaojian, piru kongqi wuran.
 * an extremely adverse environmental condition, such as air pollution.
 * 1) * zhe shi yige kexing de fang'an.
 * this is a workable scheme.
 * 1) * kunnan de rènwu.
 * a hard assignment.
 * 1) * fangzi yuanlai de zhǔrén.
 * the original owner of the house.
 * 1) * jingyan shi zuihao de laoshi.
 * experience is the best teacher.
 * 1) * shijieshang meiyou yongyuan de pengyou ye meiyou yongyuan de diren.
 * there is no constant friend and also no constant enemy in the world.
 * 1) * women jihua zai bujiu de jianglai jiehun.
 * we plan on getting married in the near future.
 * 1) * yi3 Beijingyin wei biaozhunyin, yi3 Beifanghua wei jichu fangyan, yi3 dianfan de xiandai baihuawen zhuzuo wei yufa guifan de Han minzu gongtongyu, jiaozuo Putonghua.
 * the common national speech of Han nationality using Beijing pronunciation as the standard pronunciation, using Beijing speech as the basic dialect, and using the model writing of the modern vernacular prose as the norm of grammar, is called Putonghua.

Particle

 * 1) a noun-forming particle (like English -er)


 * 1) * kānmén de.
 * a doorkeeper.

Particle

 * 1) a modal particle


 * 1) * zhengfu caiqu zhizhi tonghuo pengzhang de fangzhen shi zhengque de.
 * the government was correct to follow a course of defeating inflation.
 * 1) * ta hui lai de.
 * she/he will come.
 * 1) * zhiyao ni nuli jiu hui chenggong de.
 * if you work hard then you will succeed.

Particle

 * 1) an adverb-forming particle (like English -ly)


 * 1) * chilun bixu shidang de jiayou.
 * gear must be properly lubricated.
 * 1) * ta renzhen de jianchale dazigao, paichule suoyou de cuowu.
 * She/he went through the typescript carefully to eliminate all errors from it.
 * 1) * shishiqiushi de xuehao he yonghao Yingyu, Hanzi he Hanyu Pinyin.
 * to learn and to use English, Hanzi and Pinyin well practically.

Particle

 * 1) a complement to indicate result
 * wán de kāixīn!
 * enjoy yourself!


 * 1) * ta pao de hen kuai.
 * she/he runs very fast.

Derived terms

 * dadepo
 * kandejian
 * lidekai
 * xiadelai

Alternative forms

 * d ("de" (的) could be replaced by "d")
 * di ("de" (地) could be replaced by "di")

Pinyin

 * 1) 圬: plaster over with layer of mud
 * 2) 墬:
 * 3) 底: bottom, underneath, underside
 * 4) 徖:
 * 5) 的
 * 6) 地: earth; soil, ground; region
 * 7) 得: obtain, get, gain, acquire

Pinyin syllable
de



Pronoun

 * 1) they
 * 2) those

Etymology
From þér:, ér: and þit:, it:.

Pronoun

 * 1) you (second-person plural)

Etymology
de:

Preposition

 * 1) of
 * 2) from

Etymology
de:

Preposition

 * 1) of
 * 2) from

Preposition

 * 1) of
 * O protesto de Hermione foi abafado por uma risadinha alta.
 * Hermione's objection was interrupted by a loud little laugh.
 * Os amigos dele. - “His friends. (lit. The friends of him”)
 * De que é feito?'' - “What is this made of? (lit. "Of what is made this?”)
 * 1) from
 * De onde você é?'' - “Where are you from?
 * 1) by the means of, by
 * Eu sempre vou trabalhar de ônibus. - “I always go to work by bus.”
 * Eu sempre vou trabalhar de ônibus. - “I always go to work by bus.”

Etymology
From de:.

Preposition

 * 1) from
 * Casa mea nu este departe de aici. - “My house is not far from here.”
 * 1) of
 * o ceaşcă de ceai - “a cup of tea”
 * un profesor de matematică - “a professor of mathematics”
 * 1) by
 * o carte scrisă de Marin Preda. - “a book written by Marin Preda“

Alternative forms

 * dhe

Preposition

 * 1) of, off

Derived terms

 * - down from, from off
 * The following prepositional pronouns:

Noun

 * 1) Name of the letter d:.

Etymology 2


From de:.

Preposition

 * 1) of; ’s
 * Constitución española de 1812 — “Spanish constitution of 1812”
 * la cola del perro — “the dog’s tail”
 * 1) from
 * Soy de España — “I’m from Spain”
 * Él murió de hambre — “He died from hunger”
 * 1) used to construct compound nouns (with attributive nouns)
 * campamento de verano &mdash; “summer camp”

Derived terms

 * del

Verb

 * 1) To be.

Etymology
From þeir:, from  (with noun ending -r).

Alternative forms

 * dom
 * di

Pronunciation




Pronoun

 * 1) they

Article

 * 1) the, a definite article used in the beginning of noun phrases containing attributive adjectives and nouns in the plural. This article is used together with the definite suffix of the noun to indicate the definiteness of the noun phrase.
 * de gröna bilarna
 * the green cars

Etymology
From day:.

Noun

 * 1) day

Related terms

 * asde
 * gude
 * hapasde
 * olde
 * olde olde
 * pede
 * sande
 * seven de
 * tede
 * tude

Adverb

 * 1) as well, too, also
 * Özer de sorunun cevabını biliyor - Özer also knows the answer of the question
 * Berker de bizimle geliyor - Berker is coming with us as well
 * Zafer de dondurma yemeyi sever - Zafer likes eating ice cream, too.

Synonyms

 * da

Verb

 * 1)  say

Preposition

 * 1) of, from

Article

 * 1) the (definite article preceding nouns of common gender and all plurals)