No. 6,385 in German
déi
"Déi" is Luxembourgish, not German, and means "those" or "the ones."
In a sentence
Déi Schüler, déi fleißig lernen, bekommen gute Noten.
The students who study diligently receive good grades.
Déi is a relative pronoun referring to the subject 'students'.
Ich nehme déi Äpfel, déi auf dem Tisch liegen.
I take the apples that are lying on the table.
Déi functions as a demonstrative pronoun indicating specific apples.
Déi, die ich mag, sind sehr selten.
Those that I like are very rare.
Déi is used to refer to 'those' in the context of preference.
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