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the

/ðə/ adverb A1 (estimated)

1. indicating a result like the comparative

German	umso
Swedish	som, desto

2. the

German	je
French	le
Portuguese	o, ao, à
Czech	ten, ten, ty
Italian	il la, la, il
Spanish	el, lo, las
Dutch	de
Swedish	den
Latin	ille, ipse, ly

3. it, the, that

German	es
French	ce, ça, cela
Portuguese	o, ele, isso
Czech	to
Italian	lo, ciò
Spanish	la, lo, le
Dutch	het
Swedish	det, den, denna
Latin	is

4. to the, at the (followed by a masculine or neuter word)

German	dazu
Dutch	ten

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the

/ðə/ article A1 (estimated)

1. used with the name of a member of a class to refer to all things in that class

German	der
French	le
Portuguese	o
Italian	il
Spanish	el
Dutch	de

2. with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”

German	der
French	les, lea, læ
Portuguese	o, a, as
Italian	la, i, lo
Spanish	los, las, la
Dutch	de, het
Swedish	den, de, hin
Latin	ly, ille

3. used as an alternative to a possessive pronoun before body parts

French	le
Portuguese	o
Italian	il
Spanish	el
Dutch	de
Swedish	den

4. stressed, indicating that the object in question is the only one worthy of attention

German	der
French	le
Portuguese	o
Dutch	de
Swedish	den

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the

/ðə/ preposition A1 (estimated)

in, the

Italian	nel

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