the
English
/ˈðiː/, /ˈðʌ/, /ði/, /ðə/
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Etymology
Inherited from Middle English the inherited from Old English þē (you, thee, the, that) inherited from *siz inherited from Proto-Germanic *sa (that) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *só (this, that).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*só
Gloss
this, that
Concept
Semantic Field
Miscellaneous function words
Ontological Category
Other
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- act English
- act the maggot English
- beggar English
- behind English
- behind the scenes English
- decoy English
- give English
- give the lie English
- kill English
- kill-the-beggar English
- later English
- less English
- lie English
- maggot English
- more English
- mumble English
- mumblety peg English
- na English
- natheless English
- ne'er English
- ne'ertheless English
- never English
- neverthelater English
- nevertheless English
- neverthemore English
- none English
- nonetheless English
- peg English
- scenes English
- that English
- iste Latin
- sic Latin
- Anmaßung der Autorenschaft German
- Auf der Maur German
- Krieg der Sterne German
- der German
- derhalben German
- dermalen German
- desto German
- Carso Italian
- Devos Dutch, Flemish
- bijdehand Dutch, Flemish
- de Dutch, Flemish
- de Vos Dutch, Flemish
- dewelke Dutch, Flemish
- dezelve Dutch, Flemish
- doordeweek Dutch, Flemish
- потусторонний Russian
- притом Russian
- тот Russian
- karst Spanish, Castilian
- ὁ Ancient Greek
- ὅδε Ancient Greek
- *seni Proto-Indo-European
- *swé Proto-Indo-European
- *só Proto-Indo-European
- *tód Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱe- Proto-Indo-European
- desto Norwegian Bokmål
- carste Portuguese
- *hiz Proto-Germanic
- *sa Proto-Germanic
- *suniz Proto-Germanic
- *sēna Proto-Germanic
- *þan Proto-Germanic
- de Swedish
- ジエンド Japanese
- desto Norwegian Nynorsk
- se Old English
- þes Old English
- þē Old English
- स Sanskrit
- *non-the-les Middle English
- de Middle English
- nerthelesse Middle English
- never the more Middle English
- nevertheles Middle English
- the Middle English
- sá Old Norse
- þann Old Norse
- þeir Old Norse
- de Danish
- *tъ Proto-Slavic
- des Esperanto
- the Serbo-Croatian
- sá Icelandic
- sáning Icelandic
- þessi Icelandic
- ο Greek (modern)
- die Middle Dutch
- der Old High German
- desēr Old High German
- der Middle High German
- 𐍃𐌰 Gothic
- *siz gmw-pro
- *þes- gmw-pro
- thie Old Dutch
- *so Proto-Celtic
- *sī Proto-Celtic
- dar Cimbrian
- darbail Cimbrian
- dèar Cimbrian
- *sá Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *sá, *sā, *tád Proto-Indo-Iranian
- se Old Saxon
- the Old Saxon
- *sei Proto-Italic
- diō Old Frisian
- thī Old Frisian
- *tas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- tā, *tas, ta Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *há Proto-Iranian
- *tád Proto-Iranian
- der Mòcheno
- thē Old Danish
- 𐬙𐬀 Avestan
- 𐬵𐬀 Avestan
- di Jamaican Creole
- the Crimean Gothic
- tho Crimean Gothic
- di Nigerian Pidgin
- ο Tsakonian