den

den as a determiner

den in a sentence

• Var är boken? -- Den är här
  Where is the book? It is here
• de klarade sig
  they made it
• den boken har jag inte läst
  I have not read that book
• Jag ser Nisses bil. Den är röd.
  I see Nisse's car. It is red.
• Jag har tappat bort min nyckel. Har du sett den?
  I have lost my key. Have you seen it?
• Skalbaggen är mycket hungrig. Mata den varje timme.
  The beetle is very hungry. Feed it every hour.
• Mata'ren varje timme [Common unstressed pronunciation variant – see IPA. /rɛnː/ is especially common in some dialects.]
  Feed it every hour
• Ge'ren till Nisse [Common unstressed pronunciation variant]
  Give it to Nisse
• den röda bilen
  the red automobile
• de små barnen
  the little children

Expressions

• de där (skorna)
  those (shoes)
• den här (boken)
  this (book)

Questions

Similar words

saken där

Where the course teaches it

• Swedish pronouns: du, ni, de, vi
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Det versus den in Swedish
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Swedish question words: vad and hur
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Swedish reflexive verbs: tvättar mig
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Swedish present, past and future review
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Swedish demonstratives: denna and detta
  Complete Swedish – Season 1

Origin

From Old Swedish þæn, accusative of sā(r), from Old Norse sá, from Proto-Germanic *sa, from Proto-Indo-European *só.

Nearby common words

den is number 24 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 20mig me (objective case)
• 21här here
• 22dig you, you (singular objective case)
• 23så so, thus
• 25till to, until
• 26kan can
• 27de they
• 28men but