The
//ðə//
Translations of "the" (107 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | die(article), die(this), die(stressed, indicating that the object in question is the only one worthy of attention), die(with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”), die(with a superlative), die(used with the name of a member of a class to refer to all things in that class) | — | |
| Albanian | a(article), i(article), u(article) | — | |
| Ancient Egyptian | pA (pꜣ)(article) | — | |
| Ancient Greek | ὁ(article) | ho | |
| Ao | ji (Chungli)(article) | — | |
| Arabic | الـ(article), الـ(article) | al-, el | |
| Aragonese | lo(article) | — | |
| Aramaic | ־א(article), ־י(article), ־תא(article) | — | |
| Armenian | ը(article), ն(article) | -ə, -n | |
| Aromanian | lu(article) | — | |
| Asturian | el(article) | — | |
| Bangla | এরা(article), গুলা(article), গুলো(article), টা(article), টি(article), রা(article) | -era, -gula, -gulō, -ṭa, -ṭi, -ra | |
| Basque | a(article) | — | |
| Belizean Creole | di(article) | — | |
| Bengali | formality and animacy(article) | — | |
| Bikol Central | an(article) | — | |
| Breton | al(article), an(article), ar(article) | — | |
| Bulgarian | по(indicating a result like the comparative), та(used as an alternative to a possessive pronoun before body parts), та(used as an alternative to a possessive pronoun before body parts), те(used as an alternative to a possessive pronoun before body parts), те(used as an alternative to a possessive pronoun before body parts), те(with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”), то(used as an alternative to a possessive pronoun before body parts) | po, -ta, -ta, -te, -te, -te, -to | |
| Catalan | el(article), es(article), es(article), ets(article), l' els m pl les(article), la(article), sa(article), ses(article), sos(article) | — | |
| Central Franconian | dä(article) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 愈……愈……(the + comparative, the + comparative), 越……越……(the + comparative, the + comparative) | yù...yù..., yuè...yuè... | |
| Chuukese | ewe(article), we(article) | — | |
| Cornish | an(article) | — | |
| Dalmatian | el(article) | — | |
| Dutch | de(article), de(used as an alternative to a possessive pronoun before body parts), de(stressed, indicating that the object in question is the only one worthy of attention), de(with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”), de(with a superlative), de(used with the name of a member of a class to refer to all things in that class), het(article) | — | |
| Esperanto | la(article), la(with a superlative) | — | |
| Estonian | see(stressed, indicating that the object in question is the only one worthy of attention) | — | |
| Ewe | lá(article), á(article) | — | |
| Faroese | hin(article), in(article), tann(article) | — | |
| Finnish | but see entistä(indicating a result like the comparative), sitä(indicating a result like the comparative), heidän(used as an alternative to a possessive pronoun before body parts), hänen(used as an alternative to a possessive pronoun before body parts), meidän(used as an alternative to a possessive pronoun before body parts), minun(used as an alternative to a possessive pronoun before body parts), mme(used as an alternative to a possessive pronoun before body parts), ni(used as an alternative to a possessive pronoun before body parts), niiden(used as an alternative to a possessive pronoun before body parts), nne(used as an alternative to a possessive pronoun before body parts), nsa(used as an alternative to a possessive pronoun before body parts), nsä(used as an alternative to a possessive pronoun before body parts), se(article), se(stressed, indicating that the object in question is the only one worthy of attention), sen(used as an alternative to a possessive pronoun before body parts), sen(used as an alternative to a possessive pronoun before body parts), si(used as an alternative to a possessive pronoun before body parts), sinun(used as an alternative to a possessive pronoun before body parts), teidän(used as an alternative to a possessive pronoun before body parts) | — | |
| French | colloquial or regional usage(the + comparative, the + comparative), comp.(the + comparative, the + comparative), comp.(the + comparative, the + comparative), l'(article), la(article), le(article), le(introducing dates in a letter, such as "the 1st of May 2025"), le(used as an alternative to a possessive pronoun before body parts), le(stressed, indicating that the object in question is the only one worthy of attention), le(with a superlative), le(used with the name of a member of a class to refer to all things in that class), les(article), les(with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”) | — | |
| Friulian | i(article), il(article), l'(article), la(article), lis(article) | — | |
| Galician | a(article), as(article), o(article), o(with a superlative), os(article) | — | |
| German | umso(indicating a result like the comparative), das(article), de(article), den(introducing dates in a letter, such as "the 1st of May 2025"), der(article), der(stressed, indicating that the object in question is the only one worthy of attention), der(with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”), der(with a superlative), der(used with the name of a member of a class to refer to all things in that class), die(article), dieser(this), dr(article) | — | |
| Gothic | 𐍃𐌰(article) | sa | |
| Greek | ο(article), ο(stressed, indicating that the object in question is the only one worthy of attention), ο(with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”), ο(with a superlative), ο(used with the name of a member of a class to refer to all things in that class), στον(used as an alternative to a possessive pronoun before body parts), ὁ(article) | o, o, o, o, o, ston, ho | |
| Guerrero Amuzgo | eⁿ'(article), i'(article) | — | |
| Hajong | ৰৗ(article) | — | |
| Hawaiian | ka(article), ke(article), nā(article) | — | |
| Hebrew | ה־(article) | ha- | |
| Hungarian | a(article), a(with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”), az(article) | — | |
| Icelandic | hinn(article), inn(article) | — | |
| Ido | la(article), le(article) | — | |
| Ilocano | da(article), dagiti(article), iti(article), kada(article), kadagiti(article), ken ni(article), ni(article), ti(article) | — | |
| Indonesian | al(article), itu(article), nya(article), sang(article), si(article) | — | |
| Interlingua | le(article) | — | |
| Irish | an(article), na(article) | — | |
| Isoko | na(article) | — | |
| Istriot | el(article) | — | |
| Italian | gli(article), i(article), i(with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”), il(article), il(used as an alternative to a possessive pronoun before body parts), il(with a superlative), il(used with the name of a member of a class to refer to all things in that class), l'(article), la(article), le(article), li(introducing dates in a letter, such as "the 1st of May 2025"), lo(article), lì(introducing dates in a letter, such as "the 1st of May 2025") | — | |
| Japanese | その(article), その(this), ザ(stressed, indicating that the object in question is the only one worthy of attention), 正しく(article), 正に(article) | sono, sono, za, masashiku, masani | |
| Jarawa | ɖi(article) | — | |
| Kankanaey | din(article), is(article), isdin(article), isnan(article), issan(article), ken(article), nan(article), san(article), si(article) | — | |
| Korean | 을수록(the + comparative, the + comparative) | -eulsurok | |
| Ladin | l(article), l(with a superlative) | — | |
| Ladino | איל(article) | el | |
| Latin | ille(article), ille(article), ipse(article), ly(article) | — | |
| Low German | de(article) | — | |
| Macedonian | ов(used as an alternative to a possessive pronoun before body parts), от(used with the name of a member of a class to refer to all things in that class), те(with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”) | -ov, -ot, -te | |
| Malay | lagi..., lagi...(the + comparative, the + comparative), semakin..., semakin...(the + comparative, the + comparative), ini(article), itu(article), nya(article), sang(article), si(article) | — | |
| Maltese | il(article) | — | |
| Māori | ngā(article), te(article) | — | |
| Marshallese | eo(article), ko(article), ro(article) | — | |
| Middle English | the(article), þe(article) | — | |
| Mirandese | l(article) | — | |
| Mòcheno | de(article), de(article), der(article), s(article) | — | |
| Norman | l'(article) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | a(article), den(article), det(article), en(article), et(article) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | a(article), den(article), det(article), en(article), et(article) | — | |
| O'odham | g(article) | — | |
| Occitan | era (Pyrenean Gascon)(article), eras (Pyrenean Gascon)(article), es(article), eth m la (Pyrenean Gascon)(article), eths (Pyrenean Gascon)(article), las(article), lo(article), los(article) | — | |
| Old Dutch | thie(article) | — | |
| Old English | sē(article) | — | |
| Old Georgian | იგი(article) | igi | |
| Old Irish | a(article), in(article) | — | |
| Old Saxon | thē(article) | — | |
| Ossetian | и(article) | i | |
| Persian | این(this), را for definite direct object(article) | râ | |
| Pipil | ne(article) | — | |
| Pitcairn-Norfolk | t'(article) | — | |
| Polish | ten(this) | — | |
| Portuguese | a(article), as(article), o(article), o(used as an alternative to a possessive pronoun before body parts), o(this), o(stressed, indicating that the object in question is the only one worthy of attention), o(with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”), o(with a superlative), o(used with the name of a member of a class to refer to all things in that class), os(article) | — | |
| Rapa Nui | te(article) | — | |
| Romani | e(article), i(article), o(article) | — | |
| Romanian | a(article), cea(article), cel(article), ul(article) | — | |
| Romansch | il(article), ils(article), l'(article), la(article), las(article) | — | |
| Samoan | le(article) | — | |
| Sanskrit | तद्(article), तद्(stressed, indicating that the object in question is the only one worthy of attention), तद्(with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”), स(article), स(stressed, indicating that the object in question is the only one worthy of attention), स(with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”), सा(article), सा(stressed, indicating that the object in question is the only one worthy of attention), सा(with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”) | tad, tad, tad, sā, sā, sā | |
| Sardinian | sa(article), su(article) | — | |
| Scots | the(article) | — | |
| Scottish Gaelic | an(article) | — | |
| Sicilian | lu(article) | — | |
| Spanish | el(article), el(used as an alternative to a possessive pronoun before body parts), el(with a superlative), el(used with the name of a member of a class to refer to all things in that class), la(article), las(article), las(with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”), lo(article), los(article), los(with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”) | — | |
| Swahili | ya(article) | — | |
| Swedish | den(article), den(used as an alternative to a possessive pronoun before body parts), den(stressed, indicating that the object in question is the only one worthy of attention), den(with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”), den(with a superlative), en(article), en(used as an alternative to a possessive pronoun before body parts), en(used with the name of a member of a class to refer to all things in that class) | — | |
| Tagalog | ang(article), ang(used with the name of a member of a class to refer to all things in that class) | — | |
| Tok Pisin | dispela(article), dispela(this) | — | |
| Tongan | te(article) | — | |
| Tuvaluan | te(article) | — | |
| Venetan | el(article), el(with a superlative) | — | |
| Volapük | hiel(article), jiel(article) | — | |
| Walloon | el(article), li(article) | — | |
| Welsh | y(article) | — | |
| West-Frisian | de(article) | — | |
| Woiwurrung | koogik(article) | — | |
| Yiddish | דאָס(article), די(article), די(article), דער(article) | dos, di, di, der | |
| Zazaki | be (diq)(article), ebe (diq)(article), eve (diq)(article) | — |
die, die, die, die, die, die
a, i, u
pA (pꜣ)
ji (Chungli)
־א, ־י, ־תא
el
formality and animacy
al, an, ar
el, es, es, ets, l' els m pl les, la, sa, ses, sos
ewe, we
an
de, de, de, de, de, de, het
la, la
see
lá, á
hin, in, tann
but see entistä, sitä, heidän, hänen, meidän, minun, mme, ni, niiden, nne, nsa, nsä, se, se, sen, sen, si, sinun, teidän
colloquial or regional usage, comp., comp., l', la, le, le, le, le, le, le, les, les
i, il, l', la, lis
a, as, o, o, os
umso, das, de, den, der, der, der, der, der, die, dieser, dr
eⁿ', i'
ৰৗ
ka, ke, nā
a, a, az
hinn, inn
la, le
da, dagiti, iti, kada, kadagiti, ken ni, ni, ti
al, itu, nya, sang, si
an, na
na
el
gli, i, i, il, il, il, il, l', la, le, li, lo, lì
ɖi
din, is, isdin, isnan, issan, ken, nan, san, si
l, l
ille, ille, ipse, ly
lagi..., lagi..., semakin..., semakin..., ini, itu, nya, sang, si
il
ngā, te
eo, ko, ro
the, þe
de, de, der, s
l'
a, den, det, en, et
a, den, det, en, et
era (Pyrenean Gascon), eras (Pyrenean Gascon), es, eth m la (Pyrenean Gascon), eths (Pyrenean Gascon), las, lo, los
thie
a, in
thē
ne
ten
a, as, o, o, o, o, o, o, o, os
te
e, i, o
a, cea, cel, ul
il, ils, l', la, las
le
sa, su
the
lu
el, el, el, el, la, las, las, lo, los, los
ya
den, den, den, den, den, en, en, en
ang, ang
dispela, dispela
te
te
el, el
hiel, jiel
el, li
koogik
be (diq), ebe (diq), eve (diq)
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