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die

Pronunciation: /di/

“die” is an Afrikaans word. Its 2 meanings in English:

article

  1. the (definite article)

pronoun

  1. this one, these; that one, those;

Etymology

From Dutch die, which is used only as a demonstrative in Dutch. The replacement of the article de with stronger die is also common in Surinamese Dutch and among non-native speakers of Dutch.

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