din
din as a determiner
Meaning
your, yours (common gender, singular); you (vocative determiner used before a singular common gender noun)
din as a pronoun
Meaning
your
In Swedish: som tillhör dig
Practise din
1 / 1What does din mean?
din in a sentence
- Din katt är sötYour cat [common gender, like almost all animals] is cute
- Scenen är din!The stage [common gender] is yours!
- Bilen är din, inte minThe car [common gender] is yours, not mine
- Är det här din bok?Is this your book?
Expressions
- din stackare!you poor thing!
- ditt svin!you swine!
Questions
What does din mean in English?
din means “your, yours (common gender, singular), you (vocative determiner used before a singular common gender noun)”.
Where the course teaches it
- Swedish possessives: min and mittComplete Swedish – Season 1
- The full set of Swedish possessivesComplete Swedish – Season 1
- The definite form of Swedish nounsComplete Swedish – Season 1
- How Swedish forms the past participleComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Swedish present, past and future reviewComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Swedish prepositions of positionComplete Swedish – Season 1
Origin
From Old Swedish þīn, from Old Norse þínn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz.
Nearby common words
din is number 49 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary