dichten
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]dichten
- (transitive) to close
- (transitive) to stop up
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of dichten (weak) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | dichten | |||
past singular | dichtte | |||
past participle | gedicht | |||
infinitive | dichten | |||
gerund | dichten n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | dicht | dichtte | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | dicht | dichtte | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | dicht | dichtte | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | dicht | dichtte | ||
3rd person singular | dicht | dichtte | ||
plural | dichten | dichtten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | dichte | dichtte | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | dichten | dichtten | ||
imperative sing. | dicht | |||
imperative plur.1 | dicht | |||
participles | dichtend | gedicht | ||
1) Archaic. |
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle Dutch dichten, from Latin dictō.
Verb
[edit]dichten
- (intransitive) to compose a poem
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of dichten (weak) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | dichten | |||
past singular | dichtte | |||
past participle | gedicht | |||
infinitive | dichten | |||
gerund | dichten n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | dicht | dichtte | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | dicht | dichtte | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | dicht | dichtte | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | dicht | dichtte | ||
3rd person singular | dicht | dichtte | ||
plural | dichten | dichtten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | dichte | dichtte | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | dichten | dichtten | ||
imperative sing. | dicht | |||
imperative plur.1 | dicht | |||
participles | dichtend | gedicht | ||
1) Archaic. |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans: dig
Etymology 3
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
[edit]dichten
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle High German tihten, from Old High German tihtōn, dihtōn, Proto-West Germanic *dihtōn. The consonantism (d-/t-) was very unstable in early modern German; the voiced onset, which is in line with Middle Low German dichten, has prevailed. Cognate with Dutch dichten, English dight.
Verb
[edit]dichten (weak, third-person singular present dichtet, past tense dichtete, past participle gedichtet, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | dichten | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
present participle | dichtend | ||||
past participle | gedichtet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich dichte | wir dichten | i | ich dichte | wir dichten |
du dichtest | ihr dichtet | du dichtest | ihr dichtet | ||
er dichtet | sie dichten | er dichte | sie dichten | ||
preterite | ich dichtete | wir dichteten | ii | ich dichtete1 | wir dichteten1 |
du dichtetest | ihr dichtetet | du dichtetest1 | ihr dichtetet1 | ||
er dichtete | sie dichteten | er dichtete1 | sie dichteten1 | ||
imperative | dicht (du) dichte (du) |
dichtet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From the adjective dicht.
Verb
[edit]dichten (weak, third-person singular present dichtet, past tense dichtete, past participle gedichtet, auxiliary haben)
- to caulk, seal (prevent leakage)
- Synonyms: abdichten, versiegeln
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | dichten | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
present participle | dichtend | ||||
past participle | gedichtet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich dichte | wir dichten | i | ich dichte | wir dichten |
du dichtest | ihr dichtet | du dichtest | ihr dichtet | ||
er dichtet | sie dichten | er dichte | sie dichten | ||
preterite | ich dichtete | wir dichteten | ii | ich dichtete1 | wir dichteten1 |
du dichtetest | ihr dichtetet | du dichtetest1 | ihr dichtetet1 | ||
er dichtete | sie dichteten | er dichtete1 | sie dichteten1 | ||
imperative | dicht (du) dichte (du) |
dichtet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]Adjective
[edit]dichten
- inflection of dicht:
Further reading
[edit]- “dichten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “dichten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “dichten” in Duden online
- “dichten” in OpenThesaurus.de
Luxembourgish
[edit]Verb
[edit]dichten (third-person singular present dicht, past participle gedicht, auxiliary verb hunn)
- to compose poetry
Conjugation
[edit]Regular | ||
---|---|---|
infinitive | dichten | |
participle | gedicht | |
auxiliary | hunn | |
present indicative |
imperative | |
1st singular | dichten | — |
2nd singular | dichts | dicht |
3rd singular | dicht | — |
1st plural | dichten | — |
2nd plural | dicht | dicht |
3rd plural | dichten | — |
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. |
Middle Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]dichten
Inflection
[edit]Weak | ||
---|---|---|
Infinitive | dichten | |
3rd sg. past | — | |
3rd pl. past | — | |
Past participle | — | |
Infinitive | dichten | |
In genitive | dichtens | |
In dative | dichtene | |
Indicative | Present | Past |
1st singular | dichte | — |
2nd singular | dichts, dichtes | — |
3rd singular | dicht, dichtet | — |
1st plural | dichten | — |
2nd plural | dicht, dichtet | — |
3rd plural | dichten | — |
Subjunctive | Present | Past |
1st singular | dichte | — |
2nd singular | dichts, dichtes | — |
3rd singular | dichte | — |
1st plural | dichten | — |
2nd plural | dicht, dichtet | — |
3rd plural | dichten | — |
Imperative | Present | |
Singular | dicht, dichte | |
Plural | dicht, dichtet | |
Present | Past | |
Participle | dichtende | — |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “dichten (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “dichten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɪxtən
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɪxtən/2 syllables
- Dutch terms suffixed with -en (deadjectival)
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch verbs
- Dutch transitive verbs
- Dutch weak verbs
- Dutch basic verbs
- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Latin
- Dutch intransitive verbs
- Dutch non-lemma forms
- Dutch noun forms
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *deyḱ-
- German terms derived from Latin
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms derived from Middle Low German
- German lemmas
- German verbs
- German weak verbs
- German verbs using haben as auxiliary
- German non-lemma forms
- German adjective forms
- Luxembourgish lemmas
- Luxembourgish verbs
- Luxembourgish verbs using hunn as auxiliary
- Middle Dutch terms borrowed from Latin
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Latin
- Middle Dutch lemmas
- Middle Dutch verbs
- Middle Dutch weak verbs