The

/ðə/

Synonyms for "the" (14 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Determiner(2 words)
angdas erste wort
Noun(1 words)
arere

Strong matches (4)

Determiner(2 words)
definite articledefinite determiner
Noun(2 words)
egtkelva

Related words (7)

Verb(1 words)
forçar a porta
Noun(3 words)
iedstate safety alertwaterfall off the edge
Determiner(2 words)
lasles
Article(1 words)
le

Related word relations

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3 relation types

More general

1 entries

More specific

3 entries
the datathe studythe sun

Collocations

6 entries
the datathe extentthe followingthe hypothesisthe resultsthe study

Translations

280 translations across 106 languages.

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Afrikaans

4 entries
  • die article (article)
  • die article (this)
  • die article (with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”)
  • die article (with a superlative)

Albanian

3 entries
  • -a article (article)
  • -i article (article)
  • -u article (article)

Ancient Egyptian

1 entries
  • pA (pꜣ) article (article)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ὁ article (article)

Ao

1 entries
  • -ji (Chungli) article (article)

Arabic

2 entries
  • الـ article (article)
  • الـ article (article)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • lo article (article)

Aramaic

3 entries
  • ־א article (article)
  • ־י article (article)
  • ־תא article (article)

Armenian

2 entries
  • -ը article (article)
  • -ն article (article)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • -lu article (article)

Asturian

1 entries
  • el article (article)

Bangla

4 entries
  • -এরা article (article)
  • -গুলা article (article)
  • -গুলো article (article)
  • -টা article (article)

Basque

1 entries
  • -a article (article)

Belizean Creole

1 entries
  • di article (article)

Bengali

1 entries
  • formality and animacy article (article)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • an article (article)

Breton

3 entries
  • al article (article)
  • an article (article)
  • ar article (article)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • -те article (with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”)

Catalan

4 entries
  • el article (article)
  • es article (article)
  • es article (article)
  • ets article (article)

Central Franconian

1 entries
  • dä article (article)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 愈……愈…… adv (the + comparative, the + comparative)
  • 越……越…… adv (the + comparative, the + comparative)

Chuukese

2 entries
  • ewe article (article)
  • we article (article)

Cornish

1 entries
  • an article (article)

Dalmatian

1 entries
  • el article (article)

Dutch

4 entries
  • de article (article)
  • de article (with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”)
  • de article (with a superlative)
  • het article (article)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • la article (article)
  • la article (with a superlative)

Ewe

2 entries
  • -á article (article)
  • lá article (article)

Faroese

3 entries
  • -in article (article)
  • hin article (article)
  • tann article (article)

Finnish

1 entries
  • se article (article)

French

4 entries
  • colloquial or regional usage adv (the + comparative, the + comparative)
  • comp. adv (the + comparative, the + comparative)
  • l' article (article)
  • la article (article)

Friulian

4 entries
  • i article (article)
  • il article (article)
  • l' article (article)
  • la article (article)

Galician

4 entries
  • a article (article)
  • as article (article)
  • o article (article)
  • o article (with a superlative)

German

4 entries
  • das article (article)
  • de article (article)
  • den article (introducing dates in a letter, such as "the 1st of May 2025")
  • der article (article)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍃𐌰 article (article)

Greek

4 entries
  • ο article (article)
  • ο article (with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”)
  • ο article (with a superlative)
  • ὁ article (article)

Guerrero Amuzgo

2 entries
  • eⁿ' article (article)
  • i' article (article)

Hajong

1 entries
  • -ৰৗ article (article)

Hawaiian

3 entries
  • ka article (article)
  • ke article (article)
  • nā article (article)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • ה־ article (article)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • a article (article)
  • a article (with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”)
  • az article (article)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • -inn article (article)
  • hinn article (article)

Ido

2 entries
  • la article (article)
  • le article (article)

Ilocano

4 entries
  • da article (article)
  • dagiti article (article)
  • iti article (article)
  • kada article (article)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • -nya article (article)
  • al article (article)
  • itu article (article)
  • sang article (article)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • le article (article)

Irish

2 entries
  • an article (article)
  • na article (article)

Isoko

1 entries
  • na article (article)

Istriot

1 entries
  • el article (article)

Italian

4 entries
  • gli article (article)
  • i article (article)
  • i article (with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”)
  • il article (article)

Japanese

4 entries
  • その article (article)
  • その article (this)
  • 正しく article (article)
  • 正に article (article)

Jarawa

1 entries
  • ɖi article (article)

Kankanaey

4 entries
  • din article (article)
  • is article (article)
  • isdin article (article)
  • isnan article (article)

Korean

1 entries
  • -을수록 adv (the + comparative, the + comparative)

Ladin

2 entries
  • l article (article)
  • l article (with a superlative)

Ladino

1 entries
  • איל article (article)

Latin

4 entries
  • ille article (article)
  • ille article (article)
  • ipse article (article)
  • ly article (article)

Low German

1 entries
  • de article (article)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • -те article (with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”)

Malay

4 entries
  • lagi..., lagi... adv (the + comparative, the + comparative)
  • semakin..., semakin... adv (the + comparative, the + comparative)
  • -nya article (article)
  • ini article (article)

Maltese

1 entries
  • il- article (article)

Marshallese

3 entries
  • eo article (article)
  • ko article (article)
  • ro article (article)

Middle English

2 entries
  • the article (article)
  • þe article (article)

Mirandese

1 entries
  • l article (article)

Mòcheno

4 entries
  • de article (article)
  • de article (article)
  • der article (article)
  • s article (article)

Māori

2 entries
  • ngā article (article)
  • te article (article)

Norman

1 entries
  • l' article (article)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • -a article (article)
  • -en article (article)
  • -et article (article)
  • den article (article)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • -a article (article)
  • -en article (article)
  • -et article (article)
  • den article (article)

O'odham

1 entries
  • g article (article)

Occitan

4 entries
  • era (Pyrenean Gascon) article (article)
  • eras (Pyrenean Gascon) article (article)
  • es article (article)
  • eth m la (Pyrenean Gascon) article (article)

Old Dutch

1 entries
  • thie article (article)

Old English

1 entries
  • sē article (article)

Old Georgian

1 entries
  • იგი article (article)

Old Irish

2 entries
  • a article (article)
  • in article (article)

Old Saxon

1 entries
  • thē article (article)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • и article (article)

Persian

2 entries
  • این article (this)
  • را for definite direct object article (article)

Pipil

1 entries
  • ne article (article)

Pitcairn-Norfolk

1 entries
  • t' article (article)

Polish

1 entries
  • ten article (this)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • a article (article)
  • as article (article)
  • o article (article)
  • o article (this)

Rapa Nui

1 entries
  • te article (article)

Romani

3 entries
  • e article (article)
  • i article (article)
  • o article (article)

Romanian

4 entries
  • -a article (article)
  • -ul article (article)
  • cea article (article)
  • cel article (article)

Romansch

4 entries
  • il article (article)
  • ils article (article)
  • l' article (article)
  • la article (article)

Samoan

1 entries
  • le article (article)

Sanskrit

4 entries
  • तद् article (article)
  • तद् article (with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”)
  • स article (article)
  • स article (with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”)

Sardinian

2 entries
  • sa article (article)
  • su article (article)

Scots

1 entries
  • the article (article)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • an article (article)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • lu article (article)

Spanish

4 entries
  • el article (article)
  • el article (with a superlative)
  • la article (article)
  • las article (article)

Swahili

1 entries
  • ya article (article)

Swedish

4 entries
  • -en article (article)
  • den article (article)
  • den article (with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”)
  • den article (with a superlative)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • ang article (article)

Tok Pisin

2 entries
  • dispela article (article)
  • dispela article (this)

Tongan

1 entries
  • te article (article)

Tuvaluan

1 entries
  • te article (article)

Venetan

2 entries
  • el article (article)
  • el article (with a superlative)

Volapük

2 entries
  • hiel article (article)
  • jiel article (article)

Walloon

2 entries
  • el article (article)
  • li article (article)

Welsh

1 entries
  • y article (article)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • de article (article)

Woiwurrung

1 entries
  • koogik article (article)

Yiddish

4 entries
  • דאָס article (article)
  • די article (article)
  • די article (article)
  • דער article (article)

Zazaki

3 entries
  • be (diq) article (article)
  • ebe (diq) article (article)
  • eve (diq) article (article)

Sample sentences

52 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The password is "Muiriel".

Source: tatoeba (1283)

I was in the mountains.

Source: tatoeba (1290)

I don't know if I have the time.

Source: tatoeba (1292)

I can only wonder if this is the same for everyone else.

Source: tatoeba (1305)

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