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der

[der]

det

LanguageLuxembourgish

Meaning
  1. unstressed form of där
  2. alternative form of den (masculine definite article) used with certain taboo words, especially Däiwel (“devil”) and Doud (“death”)
  3. This is an unstressed version of the word där, or it acts as a special masculine article used with specific words like devil or death.
Examples

Wat mécht den Däiwel?

What is the devil doing?

Pronunciationder

Part of speechdet

Usage notePrimarily used as a variant for the masculine definite article before specific taboo nouns.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.