de
they, them, those · pronoun
- Definition
- A pronoun used to refer to plural subjects or objects, often people or things previously mentioned or understood from context. It can also function as a demonstrative pronoun referring to things at a distance.
- Inflections
- de (subject/object plural), dem (object plural, informal), disse (demonstrative, plural, close), de der (demonstrative, plural, distant)
- Origin
- From Old Norse 'þeir', the masculine plural nominative of the demonstrative pronoun 'sá' (that). It evolved to cover all genders in the plural in modern Norwegian.
Examples
| De liker å spille fotball. | They like to play football. |
| Jeg så dem i går. | I saw them yesterday. |
| Disse bøkene er mine. | These books are mine. |
| De husene der er gamle. | Those houses there are old. |