English

Noun

Dem ‎(plural Dems)

1. Short for Democrat.

See also

• Rep
• Lib

Anagrams

• DME, D. Me.
• Edm, EDM
• med, Med, MEd

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛm/, [d̥ɛm] or IPA^(key): /dəm/, [d̥əm]

Pronoun

Dem

1. (personal, formal) you (object pronoun: the person being addressed)

See also

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronoun

Dem

1. accusative of De

English

Pronoun

dem

1. Nonstandard form of them.
   • 2007, February 25, “Sia Michel”, in Stephen Marley in Tallahassee, M.I.A. in India and Klaxons on Fire:

     Go tell dem natty dreadlocks no wear handcuff,” advises Damian Marley, his guest star and younger brother, who accuses the officers of jealousy.

Determiner

dem

1. Nonstandard form of them. (in the sense of "those")

   What are dem fings doing 'ere?

2. (Carribean, MLE, slang) (clitic, postfix) A group of.
   • 2009, Dizzee Rascal, Chillin' Wiv Da Man Dem,

     Chillin' wiv da man dem

     Jammin' wiv da man dem

     It's all good in the hood wiv da man dem

   • 2010, Plan B, Stay Too Long,

     I’ve got my peeps dem with me shouting pull up your socks,

     Cos we just broke the law and now we're running from cops.

Anagrams

• DME, D. Me.; Edm, EDM; med, Med, MEd

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *dama, from Proto-Indo-European *dm̥h₂-ó- ‎(“bull”) (compare Irish damh, Greek δάμαλος ‎(dámalos, “calf”)), from *demh₂- ‎(“to tame”) (compare Latin domō, English tame).

Noun

dem m (indefinite plural dema, definite singular demi)

1. bull
2. main load-bearing beam in a floor

Synonyms

• ter

Danish

Pronoun

dem ‎(nominative de, possessive deres)

1. them (3rd person plural, objective case)

See also

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deːm/ (stressed)
• IPA^(key): /dem/, /dəm/ (unstressed)

Article

dem ‎(definite)

1. the; dative singular masculine of der
2. the; dative singular neuter of der

Declension

Pronoun

dem ‎(relative)

1. dative singular masculine of der
2. dative singular neuter of der

Declension

Derived terms

• dementsprechend
• demgegenüber
• demzufolge

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲɛmˠ/

Contraction

dem ‎(triggers lenition)

1. (Munster) Contraction of de mo ‎(“from my”).

   Chrochas dem ghualainn é.‎

   I suspended it from my shoulder.

Related terms

Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dī-, cognate with English time, Welsh dydd, Albanian ditë, Old Armenian տի ‎(ti) and Sanskrit दीति ‎(dīti, “brightness; time”).

Noun

dem f

1. time

Latin

Verb

dem

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of dō

Lojban

Rafsi

dem

1. rafsi of denmi.

Luxembourgish

Determiner

dem m

1. unstressed form of deem

Declension

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English them.

Pronoun

dem

1. them, they

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronoun

dem

1. them

Pitcairn-Norfolk

Pronoun

dem

1. them

References

• Speak Norfolk Today: an Encyclopaedia of the Norfolk Island Language, by Alice Buffett, 1999.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔm/

Pronoun

dem ‎(third-person plural)

1. them; accusative or dative of de

Declension

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic tam-, from Proto-Turkic *täm- ‎(“to drip”).

Noun

dem

1. breath
2. dew