Complete Definition of "den"

see|Den|d�n|dèn
rfc|Demonstrative pronoun unknown/invalid header
English

Noun
en-noun

  1. The home of certain animals.

#:Daniel was put into the lions� den.

  1. The living room of a house.

Etymology
OE. term|denn

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-den.ogg|Audio (US)

Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�n|-�n

Synonyms
sense|home of certain animals lair

Translations
trans-top|home of certain animals
Croatian: jazbina f, brlog m
Danish: hule g|Danish
Finnish: luola, pesä
French: terrier m, antre m
German: Höhle f, Bau m
trans-mid
Hungarian: odú, barlang
Italian: covo m, tana f
Romanian: bârlog n
Russian: но�а f, логово n
Serbian: brlog, [jazbina]], jama
Spanish: madriguera f
Swedish: gryt n, håla c, jordkula c
trans-bottom

trans-top|living room of a house
Danish: værelse, hybel, (slang) hummer, hule g|Danish
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Verb
en-verb|den|n|ed

  1. reflexive To ensconce or hide oneself in (or as in) a den.

Czech

Pronunciation
audio|Cs-den.ogg|audio
audio|en-us-den.ogg|Audio (US)

IPA|lang=cs|/d�n/

Noun
infl|cs|noun|gender=m|inanimate

  1. day

Declension
cs-noun-decl|den|dne, dnu|dni, dnu|den|dne|dni, dnu|dnem|dni, dny|dní, dnů|dním, dnům|dni, dny|dni, dny|dních, dnech|dny
Derived terms
dobrý den
deník m

Category:cs:Time


Danish

Pronoun
den (genitive: dens)

  1. it

Definite article
den singular (plural: de#Danish|de)

  1. the (used before an adjective preceding a noun)

#:bilen - the car; den røde bil - the red car

Pronoun
den

  1. demonstrative|lang=da that

Related terms
det
disse
de
dem


Dutch

Noun
infl|nl|noun|gender=m|plural|dennen|diminutive|dennetje

  1. pine, pine tree

Article
infl|nl|article|definite

  1. context|archaic|lang=nl Dative (singular or plural) masculine form of de.
  2. context|archaic|lang=nl Accusative singular masculine form of de.

#: De baron gaf <b>den</b> koetsier een wenk en het rijtuig rolde heen. &mdash; The baron gave the coachman a sign and the carriage rode away. <small>(from the story Gaston von Frankrijk by J.J.A. Goeverneur)</small>

Usage notes
The use of den was dropped from written Dutch during the spelling reform of 1947; de is now used instead.

Declension
nl-decl-definite article

Usage notes
Normally only the nominative is used; other forms are archaic.

Category:nl:Trees


German

Article
infl|de|article|definite

  1. the; form of|accusative masculine singular|der#German|der
  2. the; form of|dative plural for all genders|der#German|der

Declension
de-decl-definite article

Pronoun
infl|de|relative pronoun form|relative

  1. that; whom; form of|accusative singular|der#German|der

Mandarin

Pinyin syllable
den

  1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having either of two tones, d�n or dèn.

Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Category:Mandarin pinyin


Swedish

Pronunciation
audio|Sv-den.ogg|audio

Pronoun
infl|sv|pronoun|nominative, accusative, and dative third person singular||genitive|dess

  1. it

Pronoun
infl|sv|pronoun|demonstrative|g=c

  1. that

Article
infl|sv|article|definite|g=c

  1. context|before an adjective preceding a noun the

#:den röda bilen - �the red car�

Related terms
det
det här
det där
den här
den där
dessa
de
dem

af:den
ang:den
ast:den
cs:den
de:den
el:den
es:den
fr:den
ko:den
io:den
it:den
ku:den
la:den
lt:den
li:den
hu:den
nl:den
pl:den
pt:den
ru:den
fi:den
sv:den
te:den
vi:den
tr:den
vo:den
zh:den

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