Du

See also: du and Appendix:Variations of "du"

Breton

Etymology

From du (“black”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdyː/

Proper noun

Du m

1. November

See also

• (month): Previous: Here. Next: Kerzu

Cornish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dyː]

Proper noun

Du m

1. November

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) Genver, Hwevrel, Meurth, Ebrel, Me, Metheven, Gortheren, Est, Gwynngala, Hedra, Du, Kevardhu ^{(Category: kw:Months)}

Mutation

Mutation of Du

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
Du	Dhu	unchanged	Tu	Tu	Tu

Ewe

From Ewe du, meaning "town" or "settlement". In naming, it conveys a sense of community or locality.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dù/, [dù]

Noun

Du

1. In Ewe culture, refers to a town or community, often used in personal names to reflect a sense of belonging or place.

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Pronoun

Du

1. Alternative letter-case form of du (“you (singular)”) (especially when used as a direct address in letters)
   • Weihegebet an das heiligſte Herz Jeſu:

     Sei Du, o Herr, König nicht nur der Gläubigen, die nie von Dir gewichen sind, sondern auch der verlorenen Söhne, die Dich verlassen haben.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

• As of 1996 and 2004, the forms Du, Dein etc. were deprecated by the German official spelling rules; as of 2006 and 2011, they are permitted (as variants of du, dein etc.) only in letters.

Declension

German personal pronouns

	singular					plural			singular and plural
	1st person	2nd person familiar1	3rd person			1st person	2nd person familiar1	3rd person	2nd person polite/formal
			m	f	n
nominative	ich	du -e2	er	sie -se2	es	wir	ihr	sie -se2	Sie Ihr3
genitive	meiner mein3	deiner dein3	seiner sein3	ihrer	seiner sein3	unser	euer	ihrer	Ihrer Euer3
dative	mir	dir	ihm	ihr	ihm	uns	euch	ihnen	Ihnen Euch3
accusative	mich	dich	ihn	sie -se2	es	uns	euch	sie -se2	Sie Euch3

¹These forms are sometimes capitalized, especially in letters.    ²enclitic, colloquial    ³archaic

Noun

Du n (strong, genitive Dus, no plural)

1. (literally) the thou, the you (singular)

   jemandem das Du anbieten

   to offer someone to address each other with the pronoun du/Du

   (literally, “to offer someone the thou”)

Declension

Declension of Du [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Du
genitive	eines	des	Dus
dative	einem	dem	Du
accusative	ein	das	Du

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Edu
• Dudu

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdu/

• Rhymes: -u

Proper noun

Du m

1. a diminutive of the male given name Eduardo

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Lu, Lou, Loo, Lew

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 俞 (Lû) or 呂／吕 (Lū). Doublet of Lu, Lou, Loo, Luy, and Lew.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdu/ [ˈd̪u]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: Du

Proper noun

Du (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓ)

1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien, mostly around Cebu

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 攸.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zu˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jʊw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [jʊw˧˧]
• Homophones: du, (North Vietnam) ru

Proper noun

Du

1. a unisex given name from Chinese