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//ðə//
Translations of "the" (106 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | die(article), die(this), die(with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”), die(with a superlative) | — | |
| 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 | -те(with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”) | -te | |
| 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(with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”), de(with a superlative), het(article) | — | |
| Esperanto | la(article), la(with a superlative) | — | |
| Ewe | -á(article), lá(article) | — | |
| Faroese | -in(article), hin(article), tann(article) | — | |
| Finnish | se(article) | — | |
| French | colloquial or regional usage(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(with a superlative), 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 | das(article), de(article), den(introducing dates in a letter, such as "the 1st of May 2025"), der(article), der(with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”), der(with a superlative), die(article), dieser(this), dr(article) | — | |
| Gothic | 𐍃𐌰(article) | sa | |
| Greek | ο(article), ο(with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”), ο(with a superlative), ὁ(article) | o, o, o, 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 | -inn(article), hinn(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 | -nya(article), al(article), itu(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(with a superlative), 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), 正しく(article), 正に(article) | sono, sono, 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 | -те(with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”) | -te | |
| Malay | lagi..., lagi...(the + comparative, the + comparative), semakin..., semakin...(the + comparative, the + comparative), -nya(article), ini(article), itu(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), -en(article), -et(article), den(article), det(article) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | -a(article), -en(article), -et(article), den(article), det(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(this), o(with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”), o(with a superlative), os(article) | — | |
| Rapa Nui | te(article) | — | |
| Romani | e(article), i(article), o(article) | — | |
| Romanian | -a(article), -ul(article), cea(article), cel(article) | — | |
| Romansch | il(article), ils(article), l'(article), la(article), las(article) | — | |
| Samoan | le(article) | — | |
| Sanskrit | तद्(article), तद्(with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”), स(article), स(with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”), सा(article), सा(with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”) | tad, tad, sā, sā | |
| Sardinian | sa(article), su(article) | — | |
| Scots | the(article) | — | |
| Scottish Gaelic | an(article) | — | |
| Sicilian | lu(article) | — | |
| Spanish | el(article), el(with a superlative), 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 | -en(article), den(article), den(with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”), den(with a superlative) | — | |
| Tagalog | ang(article) | — | |
| 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
-a, -i, -u
pA (pꜣ)
-ji (Chungli)
־א, ־י, ־תא
-lu
el
-a
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, het
la, la
-á, lá
-in, hin, tann
se
colloquial or regional usage, comp., l', la, le, le, le, les, les
i, il, l', la, lis
a, as, o, o, os
das, de, den, der, der, der, die, dieser, dr
eⁿ', i'
-ৰৗ
ka, ke, nā
a, a, az
-inn, hinn
la, le
da, dagiti, iti, kada, kadagiti, ken ni, ni, ti
-nya, al, itu, sang, si
an, na
na
el
gli, i, i, 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..., -nya, ini, itu, sang, si
il-
ngā, te
eo, ko, ro
the, þe
de, de, der, s
l'
-a, -en, -et, den, det
-a, -en, -et, den, det
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, os
te
e, i, o
-a, -ul, cea, cel
il, ils, l', la, las
le
sa, su
the
lu
el, el, la, las, las, lo, los, los
ya
-en, den, den, den
ang
dispela, dispela
te
te
el, el
hiel, jiel
el, li
koogik
be (diq), ebe (diq), eve (diq)
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