# den
## Translingual
### Symbol

den
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Slavey. (macrolanguage)

## English
### Etymology 1

From Middle English den, from Old English denn (“den, lair (of a beast), cave; a swine-pasture, a woodland pasture for swine”), from Proto-West Germanic *dani (“threshing-floor, barn-floor”). Cognate with Scots den (“den, lair”), Middle Dutch denne (“burrow, den, cave, attic”), Dutch den (“ship's deck, threshing-floor, mountain floor”), Middle Low German denne, danne (“threshing-floor, small dale”), German Tenne (“threshing-floor, barn for threshing”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɛn/, enPR: dĕn
* (pin–pen merger) IPA: /dɪn/, enPR: dĭn
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛn
* Homophone: din (pin–pen merger)

#### Noun

den (plural dens)
* A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment.
    Synonyms: lair; luster; Wiktionary appendix of animal terms, including their homes
    a den of robbers
    Daniel was put into the lions’ den.
* A squalid or wretched place; a haunt.
    a den of vice
    an opium den; a gambling den
** 1980, Colin Hay, Ron Strykert, “Down Under”, performed by Men at Work:Lying in a den in Bombay With a slack jaw and not much to say
* A comfortable room not used for formal entertaining.
    Synonym: family room
* Synonym of fort (“structure improvised from furniture, etc. for playing games.”)
    Our little girls love using bedsheets and other stuff around the house to make dens in the living room and pretending they're on adventures.
* (UK, Scotland, obsolete) A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell.
** 1806, Sir William Forbes, An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie, LL.D., including many of his Original Letters:I have made several visits of late to the Den of Rubislaw
* A group of Cub Scouts of the same age who work on projects together.

##### Derived terms

* beard the lion in his den
* Boris's den
* denful
* denlike
* den mother
* den of iniquity
* dragon's den
* drug den
* gambling den
* lion's den
* Maggie's den
* Major's den
* opium den
* Tony's den

##### Translations
#### Verb

den (third-person singular simple present dens, present participle denning, simple past and past participle denned)
* (reflexive) To ensconce or hide oneself in (or as in) a den.
* (intransitive, zoology) Of an animal, to use as a den; to take up residence in.
** 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 203:Although present in virtually all habitats, it preferred to den in caves, so its distribution, especially in cold, northern areas, may have been limited to limestone and other rocky regions where caves form.
** 2023 August 30, Patrick Greenfield, “Why it may be time to stop using the polar bear as a symbol of the climate crisis”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:“Denning” – behaviour around making dens – has changed and bears are swimming long distances, but, says Aars, there is still enough sea ice in the spring for the bears to hunt successfully.

### Etymology 2

From Old French denier, from Latin denarius.

#### Noun

den
* Abbreviation of denier (a unit of weight)

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

den (plural dens)
* (Northumbria, chiefly in place names) Alternative form of dene.

##### Derived terms

* Walsden

### Etymology 4
#### Adverb

den (not comparable)
* Pronunciation spelling of then, representing AAVE, Bermuda English.

### See also

* good-den

### Anagrams

* -end, DNE, End, NDE, NED, Ned, edn., end, end-, ned

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch den.

### Pronunciation

IPA: /dɛn/

### Noun

den (plural denne)
* pine (tree)

## Akan
### Pronunciation

* Tone: LL

### Adjective

den
* (Twi) hard
    nsa yɛ den ― the hand is hard

#### Related terms

(Nouns)
* denhyɛ
(Adverbs)
* denneennen
(Adjectives)
* dennen

### References

* ↑ Kotey, Paul A. (1998). Twi-English/English-Twi Dictionary. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
* ↑ Dolphyne, Florence Abena (1996) A Comprehensive Course in Twi (Asante) for the Non-Twi Learner‎, Accra, Ghana: Ghana Universities Press, →ISBN, page 123

## Bambara
### Noun

den
* child
* fruit

#### Derived terms

(Sense 1)
* denkɛ
* denkundi
* denkura
* denmarayɔrɔ
* denmisɛn
* denmuso
* denso

### Verb

den (intransitive)
* to bear fruit

## Breton
### Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *dün, from Proto-Celtic *gdonyos (“human, person”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰom-yo- (“earthling, human”), a derivation of *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdẽːn/

### Noun

den m
* human being
* person, man
* husband

## Catalan
### Verb

den
* inflection of dar:
** third-person plural present subjunctive
** third-person plural imperative

## Cimbrian
### Pronoun

den
* inflection of dèar:
** accusative singular masculine
** dative plural

### Determiner

den
* inflection of dèar:
** accusative singular masculine
** dative plural

### Further reading

* “den” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

## Cornish
### Etymology

From Old Cornish den, from Proto-Brythonic *dün, from Proto-Celtic *gdonyos (“human, person”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰom-yo- (“earthling, human”), a derivation of *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”).

### Pronunciation

* (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA: [dɛːn]
* (Revived Late Cornish) IPA: [deːn]

### Noun

den m (plural tus)
* man
* person

### References

* “den” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdɛn]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛn

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Czech den, from Proto-Slavic *dьnь (“day”).

#### Noun

den m inan or (archaic or literary) m anim (relational adjective denní)
* day (24 hours, usually from midnight to midnight)
    jednoho dne ― one day, someday
    po několika dnech ― after a few days
    za pár dní ― in a couple of days
    Jednoho dne tě chytí. ― They're gonna catch you one day.
* daytime (time between sunrise and sunset)
* (astronomy) day (rotational period of a body orbiting a star)
    Den na Merkuru trvá téměř 59 pozemských dní. ― A day on Mercury lasts almost 59 terrestrial days.

##### Declension

when animate:

##### Derived terms

* celodenní
* codenní
* denní
* každodenní
* polodenní
* půldenní
* všední
* denně
* dnes
* den sobotní
* denice
* deník
* dobrý den

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

den
* genitive plural of dno

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

den
* genitive plural of dna

### Further reading

* “den”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “den”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “den”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

### Anagrams

* dne

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse þann, the accusative form of sá, from Proto-Germanic *sa (“that”), from Proto-Indo-European *só (“this, that”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɛnˀ/, [ˈd̥ɛnˀ], [d̥ɛn], [d̥n̩], [pm̩]

### Article

den c (neuter det, plural de)
* (definite) the (used before an adjective preceding a noun)
    bilen - the car; den røde bil - the red car

#### See also

* -en

### Pronoun

den c (neuter det, plural de)
* (demonstrative) that, the
* (personal) it

#### See also

| Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | Possessive | Possessive |
| Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | common | neuter | plural |
| Singular | First | – | jeg | mig | min | mit | mine |
| Singular | Second | modern / informal | du | dig | din | dit | dine |
| Singular | Second | formal (uncommon) | De | Dem | Deres | Deres | Deres |
| Singular | Third | masculine (person) | han | ham | hans | hans | hans |
| Singular | Third | feminine (person) | hun | hende | hendes | hendes | hendes |
| Singular | Third | common (noun) | den | den | dens | dens | dens |
| Singular | Third | neuter (noun) | det | det | dets | dets | dets |
| Singular | Third | indefinite | man | en | ens | ens | ens |
| Singular | Third | reflexive | – | sig | sin | sit | sine |
| Plural | First | modern | vi | os | vores | vores | vores |
| Plural | First | archaic / formal | vi | os | vor | vort | vore |
| Plural | Second | – | I | jer | jeres | jeres | jeres |
| Plural | Third | – | de | dem | deres | deres | deres |
| Plural | Third | reflexive | – | sig | deres | deres | deres |

## Dutch
### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch dan, danne, denne (“pine tree”), from Old Dutch *danna, from Proto-West Germanic *dannā (“pine tree”). Cognate with German Tanne.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɛn/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: den
* Rhymes: -ɛn

#### Noun

den m (plural dennen, diminutive dennetje n)
* pine, pine tree
    Synonyms: dennenboom, pijnboom
    Hypernym: naaldboom

##### Derived terms

* dennenappel
* dennenboom
* dennenwolfsklauw
* grove den
* parasolden
* slanke den

### Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch den.

#### Pronunciation

* (Belgium) IPA: /dən/
* (Netherlands) IPA: /dɛn/

#### Article

den
* (archaic) dative masculine/neuter/plural of de (“the”)
    Nederland in den goeden ouden tijd. ― The Netherlands in the good old days.
    De baron gaf den koetsier een wenk en het rijtuig rolde heen. ― The baron gave the coachman a sign and the carriage rode away. (from the story Gaston von Frankrijk by J.J.A. Goeverneur)
    In den beginne schiep God den hemel en de aarde. ― In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
* (archaic) accusative masculine singular of de
* (Southern, dialectal) masculine singular of de

##### Usage notes

* The distinction of the dative case, which had long been frail and without any basis in actual speech, widely fell out of use over the course of the 19th century. The use of den for the masculine object case, however, remained usual in the written language until the spelling reform of 1947. Since then only de is generally used in standard Dutch. Den survives in idiomatic expressions, including surnames (e.g. Van den Berg).
* In Flemish, Brabantian, and Limburgish dialects and vernaculars, den is still widely used with masculine nouns, but without any case distinction. Often den is used before vowels and certain consonants, while de is used before other consonants.
* The now common Netherlandic pronunciation /dɛn/ is a spelling pronunciation. The original pronunciation (still in use in Belgium) is with a schwa, /dən/.

##### Derived terms

* op den duur

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /deːn/ (stressed)
* IPA: /den/, /dən/ (unstressed)
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: dehn
* Rhymes: -eːn

### Article

den (definite)
* inflection of der (“the”):
** accusative masculine singular
** dative plural

#### Declension
### Pronoun

den
* that; whom; accusative masculine singular of der

## Irish
### Alternative forms

* de’n (superseded)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dʲɛnˠ/, /dʲənˠ/
* (Connemara, Aran Islands) IPA: /ɡənˠ/

### Contraction

den
* Contraction of de an.
    Bhris mé den chrann é. ― I broke it off the tree.
    Fuair sé bás den ocras. ― He died of hunger.

#### Usage notes

This contraction is obligatory, i.e. *de an never appears uncontracted. It triggers lenition of a following consonant other than d, s, or t.

#### Related terms

| Basic form | Contracted with | Contracted with | Contracted with | Contracted with | Contracted with | Contracted with | Contracted with | Copular forms | Copular forms | Copular forms |
| Basic form | an (“the sg”) | na (“the pl”) | mo (“my”) | do (“your”) | a (“his, her, their; which (present)”) | ár (“our”) | ar (“which (past)”) | (before consonant) | (present/future before vowel) | (past/conditional before vowel) |
| de (“from”) | den | de na desna* | de mo dem* | de do ded*, det* | dá | dár | dár | dar | darb | darbh |
| do (“to, for”) | don | do na dosna* | do mo dom* | do do dod*, dot* | dá | dár | dár | dar | darb | darbh |
| faoi (“under, about”) | faoin | faoi na | faoi mo | faoi do | faoina | faoinár | faoinar | faoinar | faoinarb | faoinarbh |
| i (“in”) | sa, san | sna | i mo im* | i do id*, it* | ina | inár | inar | inar | inarb | inarbh |
| le (“with”) | leis an | leis na | le mo lem* | le do led*, let* | lena | lenár | lenar | lenar | lenarb | lenarbh |
| ó (“from, since”) | ón | ó na ósna* | ó mo óm* | ó do ód*, ót* | óna | ónár | ónar | ónar | ónarb | ónarbh |
| trí (“through”) | tríd an | trí na | trí mo | trí do | trína | trínár | trínar | trínar | trínarb | trínarbh |
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## Japanese
### Romanization

den
* Rōmaji transcription of でん

## Luxembourgish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /den/, [dən]

### Determiner

den m
* unstressed form of deen

#### Declension
## Malay
### Pronunciation

* (Johor-Selangor) IPA: /den/
* (Riau-Lingga) IPA: /dɪn/
* Rhymes: -den, -en

### Pronoun

den (Jawi spelling دين)
* I, me, my

### See also

* aku
* saya

## Mandarin
### Romanization

den
* Nonstandard spelling of dēn.
* Nonstandard spelling of dèn.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Messapic
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ghen. Related to Proto-Albanian *džana (“voice”) and Albanian zë (“voice”).

### Noun

den
* voice

### References

* ↑ Vittore Pisani (1976) Gli Illiri in Italia, page 69

## Middle Dutch
### Article

den
* inflection of die:
** masculine accusative/dative singular
** neuter dative singular
** dative plural

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English denn, from Proto-West Germanic *dani. Forms with a final vowel are probably generalised datives.

#### Alternative forms

* denne

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɛn/, /ˈdɛn(ə)/

#### Noun

den (plural dennes)
* A cave or cavern.
* A chamber of residence:
** A den (animal lair)
*** c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Matheu 8:20, page 3v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:and iheſus ſeide to him / foxis han dennes ⁊ bꝛiddis of heuene han neeſtis.· but mannes ſone haþ not where he ſchal reſte his heedBut Jesus said to him, "Foxes have dens and the birds up above have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere he can rest his head."
** A refuge; a shelter.
* A catacomb (subterranean grave)
* (anatomy) A cavity; a division.

##### Descendants

* English: den
* Scots: den

##### References

* “den, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman deen and continental Old French deien, from Latin decānus.

#### Alternative forms

* deen, deene, dene, deyne, doien, dyen

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɛːn/

#### Noun

den (plural denes)
* A dean (ecclesiastical official)
* A leader of a group of ten.
* An officer of a guild.
* (rare, by extension) A leader of a group.

##### Descendants

* English: dean

##### References

* “dēn, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

den
* Alternative form of dene

### Etymology 4
#### Noun

den
* Alternative form of deyne

### Etymology 5
#### Noun

den
* Alternative form of dynne

## Minangkabau
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɛn/
* Rhymes: -en

### Pronoun

den
* I, me, my; first person singular (informal use; in dialogue with the same age person or with those who are younger)

### See also

* ambo
* awak

## Mokilese
### Noun

den
* behavior

#### Inflection
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (stressed) /ˈdɛn/, (unstressed) /dən/

### Pronoun

den (genitive dens)
* it; third person singular, masculine/feminine gender. Nominative, accusative or dative.

### Pronoun

den m or f
* (demonstrative pronoun) that

### Article

den m or f
* The; only used if there is an adjective in front of the noun.
    bilen: the car → den røde bilen: the red car

### Related terms

* det
* de
* dem

### Anagrams

* end, ned

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse þann, þenn, masculine accusative singular of sá, from Proto-Germanic *sa, from Proto-Indo-European *só.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɛnː/

### Determiner

den m or f (neuter singular det, plural dei)
* (demonstrative determiner) that
    Eg vil ha den bilen.I want that car.

#### Derived terms

* den og den

### Article

den m or f (neuter singular det, plural dei)
* the; only used if there is an adjective or numeral to the noun
    Han køyrde den raude bilen.He drove the red car.

#### Usage notes

* Usually put preceding the noun. In some rare cases of poetry, the article may come after the noun.
* The noun is nearly always in its definite form. Exceptions include fixed expressions and poetry. Attributive adjectives are always in their definite forms.
* May be omitted when used with the determiner same, used with an ordinal number, or an adjective denotes an inherent or natural attribute of the thing. Omission occurs more frequently, colloquially, in certain dialects.
    same tingen ― [the] same thing
    fyrste kvelden ― [the] first night
    svarte natta ― [the] dark night

#### Derived terms

* den dag
* den eldre
* den enkelte
* den gong
* den siste til å
* den vonde
* den yngre

### Pronoun

den
* (demonstrative pronoun) that one
    Eg vil ha den.I want that one.

### References

* “den” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
* “den”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
* “den” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

## Old Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dьnь.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (13th CE) /ˈdɛn/
* IPA: (15th CE) /ˈdɛn/

### Noun

den m inan (diminutive dnek)
* day; daytime (period between sunrise and sundown)
* day (24 hour period)
* (often in the plural) day (unspecified period, particularly in the past)
* (in the plural) days (life)
* (religion) day; holiday
* (religion) day; doomsday

#### Descendants

* Czech: den

### References

* Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “den”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Portuguese dentro and Spanish dentro and Kabuverdianu dentu.

### Preposition

den
* in
* inside
* below

## Pennsylvania German
### Etymology

Compare German den.

### Article

den m (definite)
* accusative masculine singular of der (“the”)

#### Declension
## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɛn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛn
* Syllabification: den

### Noun

den n
* genitive plural of dno

## Russenorsk
### Alternative forms

* dein, денъ (den)

### Etymology

Inherited from Norwegian Nynorsk den or its northern dialectal palatalized form.

### Pronunciation

Unknown. Possible examples:
* IPA: /dɛnː/ (Norwegian accent)
* IPA: /dɛɲː/ (palatalized, Northen Norwegian, attested as dein)
The attested Cyrillic spelling денъ indicates no palatalization. The letter "е" in non-Russian words may have two different ways of pronunciation (as /je/ or /e/). The variant closest to Norwegian pronunciation would be /e/:
* IPA: [den], /dɛn/

### Pronoun

den
* this, that

#### Usage notes

The pronoun has no conjugated forms, in difference from Norwegian, which conjugates this pronoun after gender and number (e. g. det), which are absent in Russenorsk.

#### Synonyms

* etta

#### Derived terms

* den dag

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈden/ [ˈd̪ẽn]
* Rhymes: -en
* Syllabification: den

### Verb

den
* inflection of dar:
** third-person plural present subjunctive
** third-person plural imperative

## Sranan Tongo
### Alternative forms

* dem (archaic)

### Etymology

From English them.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /den/

### Pronoun

den
* they
* them

### Determiner

den
* their (possessive pronoun)

### Article

den
* the (plural definite article)

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* then, dhen (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Old Swedish þæn, accusative of sā(r), from Old Norse sá, from Proto-Germanic *sa, from Proto-Indo-European *só.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɛnː/
* Audio:(file)

### Pronoun

den c
* it (for common gender nouns)
    Jag ser Nisses bil. Den är röd.I see Nisse's car. It is red.
    Jag har tappat bort min nyckel. Har du sett den?I have lost my key. Have you seen it?
    Skalbaggen är mycket hungrig. Mata den varje timme.The beetle is very hungry. Feed it every hour.
* that (for common gender nouns)
    Den bilen är röd, men bilen där borta är grönThat car is red, but the car over there is green
** the one, that one (for common gender nouns)
    Den stora bilen – den som Margit äger – är gulThe big car – the one that Margit owns – is yellow
    – Vilken glass tog du? – Jag tog den med marshmallows.– Which ice cream did you have [take]? – I had [took] the one with marshmallows.
    – Vilken bil tycker du är finast? – Den (där)! *Pekar*– Which car do you think is the prettiest? – That one (there)! *Points* ["Där" (there) is optional, and could also be "här" (here) for example, for a nearby object, like in English]
* he, she, whoever, "the one"
    Den som lever får seTime will tell ("He who lives will (gets to) see" – idiomatic)
    Den som gräver en grop åt andra faller ofta själv däriHe who digs a pit for others often falls himself therein (proverb based on the Bible – idiomatically old-fashioned language in Swedish as well)

#### Declension
### Article

den c (definite)
* the (when an adjective is used with a common gender noun in the definite – det is used for neuter gender nouns, and de for plural nouns, regardless of gender)
    en bil ― a car
    bilen ― the car
    en röd bil ― a red car
    den röda bilen ― the red car
    röda bilar ― red cars (for comparison – note that "röd" has the same inflection in the definite and plural)
    bilen den röda ― the red car (rare, poetic – intuitively, "the car, the red one" / "the car the red")
** 1971, Evert Taube, “Änglamark”, in Äppelkriget:Kalla den Änglamarken eller Himlajorden om du vill. Jorden vi ärvde och lunden den gröna.Call it the Angel Ground or the Heaven Earth if you like. The Earth we inherited and the green grove(literally, “the grove the green”)
** the ... one (when the noun is implied, which is an idiomatic construction)
    – Vilken tröja vill du ha? – Den blå.– Which shirt do you want? – The blue one.
    – Vilken glass vill du ha? – Den största.– Which ice cream do you want? – The biggest (one).

#### Usage notes

"The [adjective] [noun]" is expressed as "den/det/de (common gender, neuter gender, and plural, respectively) [adjective inflected for definite] [noun inflected for definite]." For example, "smaskig" (yummy) and "hamburgare" (hamburger – common gender) turns into "den smaskiga hamburgaren" (the yummy-definite hamburger-definite), "röd" (red) and "hus" (house – neuter gender) turns into "det röda huset" (the red-definite house-definite), and "snabb" (fast) and "bilar" (cars) turns into "de snabba bilarna" (the fast-definite cars-definite). "Den/det/de" is not optional, except often being left out in proper nouns and other lexicalized noun phrases with an adjective that are in the definite (giving "smaskiga hamburgaren" something of a "pub name" feel) – see de for examples.
The definite form of an adjective is identical to the plural form except optionally having "-e" instead of "-a" in the singular for nouns whose natural gender is masculine. For example, "lång" (tall) and "man" (man) turns into either "den långe mannen" or "den långa mannen," while "lång" (tall) and "kvinna" (woman) can only be expressed as "den långa kvinnan." Present participles – like in "den sjungande kvinnan" (the singing woman) and "de simmande fiskarna" (the swimming fishes) – do not inflect, and stay the same in indefinite, definite, singular, and plural noun phrases.
The construction above is called "double definiteness," since it can be considered redundant. It also occurs in Norwegian and Faroese, but not in Danish, where "the red house" is "det røde hus."

#### Related terms

* det
* det här
* det där
* den här
* den där
* dessa
* de
* dem

### References

* den in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* den in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* den in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* ned

## Zhuang
### Etymology

From Mandarin 電／电 (diàn).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Zhuang) IPA: /teːn˧˥/
* Tone numbers: den$^5$
* Hyphenation: den

### Noun

den (1957–1982 spelling den)
* electricity