det

Swedish

/deː/, /dɛː/, /deːt/, /rɛ/, /ɛt/, /ˈdeː/, /ˈdeːt/, /də/

pronoun

Definitions

It; third-person singular, referring to nouns of neuter gender. Nominative, accusative or dative
it; the impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement
it; the impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject or object

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish þæt, gmq-osw inherited from Old Norse þat (that, it) inherited from Proto-Germanic *þat (that) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *tod (that).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*tod

Gloss

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

Thatter English
liddat English
so that English
that English
that'n English
that're English
that've English
thatness English
тот Russian
*tod Proto-Indo-European
*tód Proto-Indo-European
det Norwegian Bokmål
*þat Proto-Germanic
dat Norwegian Nynorsk
det Norwegian Nynorsk
þis Old English
þæt Old English
that Middle English
at Old Norse
þat Old Norse
þess Old Norse
það Icelandic
dat Old High German
daz Old High German
dese Old High German
that Old High German
ita Ido
that Old Dutch
that Old Saxon
þæt Old Swedish
þæt, gmq-osw Old Swedish
he Westrobothnian
thet Old Frisian
thæssæ Old Danish
thæt Old Danish
dati Sranan Tongo
dat Nigerian Pidgin