From Middle English deyen, from Old English dīeġan and Old Norse deyja, both from Proto-Germanic *dawjaną (“to die”). Displaced Old English sweltan.
die (third-person singular simple present dies, present participle dying, simple past and past participle died)
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From Middle English dee, from Old French de (Modern French dé), from Latin datum, from datus (“given”), the past participle of dō (“to give”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to lay out, to spread out”).
die (plural dies)
die (plural dice)
The game of dice is singular. Thus in "Dice is a game played with dice," the first occurrence is singular, the second occurrence is plural. Otherwise, using the plural dice as a singular instead of die is considered incorrect by most authorities, but has come into widespread use.
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Variant spelling.
die (plural dies)
die
From Dutch die, which is used only as a demonstrative in Dutch. The replacement of the article de with stronger die is also common in Surinamese Dutch.
die (definite)
die
From Proto-Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck, suckle”). Cognate with Latin fellō, Sanskrit धयति (dhayati, “to suck”). Compare causative dægge, Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (daddjan, “suckle”).
die c
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die (imperative di, infinitive at die, present tense dier, past tense diede, perfect tense har diet)
From Middle Dutch die, a merger of Old Dutch thie, thē, thia, thiu and similar forms of the demonstrative. As in Old High German ther, der it replaced the original masculine and feminine nominative forms from Proto-Germanic *sa.
die
| Dutch demonstrative determiners | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural | |
| Proximal | deze | deze | dit | deze |
| Distal | die | die | dat | die |
| Possessive | diens | dier | diens | dier |
die m or f or pl
A preceding comma may alter the meaning of a clause starting with a relative pronoun. Compare the following sentences:
In the first sentence, only the workers on strike are advised to expect sanctions. In the second sentence, the parenthetical phrase indicates that all the workers are on strike, and should all expect sanctions.
die (definite)
| German definite articles | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural | |
| Nominative | der | die | das | die |
| Genitive | des | der | des | der |
| Dative | dem | der | dem | den |
| Accusative | den | die | das | die |
die (relative or demonstrative)
In a subordinate clause, die indicates a person or thing referenced in the main clause. It is used with plural or feminine singular antecedents.
| Declension of der | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
| nominative | der | die | das | die |
| genitive | dessen | deren younger also: derer |
dessen | derer deren |
| dative | dem | der | dem | denen |
| accusative | den | die | das | die |
die (definite)
die (plural dies)
From Latin diēs, back-formed from the accusative diem (whose vowel was once long), from Proto-Italic *djēm, the accusative of *djous, from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“heaven, sky; to shine”).
die m (invariable)
diē
die
From Old Dutch thie, thia, from Proto-Germanic *sa.
die
This article needs an inflection-table template.
die
This determiner needs an inflection-table template.
From Old Dutch thīo, from Proto-Germanic *þeuhą.
dië f or n
die m (plural dies)
Probably from Danish die, from Old Danish di, from Germanic *dijana-, *dejana-
die (imperative di, present tense dier, passive dies, simple past and past participle dia or diet, present participle diende)
Probably from Danish die, from Old Danish di, from Germanic *dijana-, *dejana-
die (present tense diar, past tense dia, past participle dia, passive infinitive diast, present participle diande, imperative di)
die f (definite)
die m
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