Diets

See also: diets and diëts

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dietsch, from Old Dutch *thiudisc, from Proto-West Germanic *þiudisk, from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz, from *þeudō (“people, nation”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“people”). Doublet of Duits.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdits/

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• Hyphenation: Diets
• Rhymes: -its

Adjective

Diets (comparative Dietser, superlative meest Diets or Dietst)

1. Middle Dutch
2. (archaic) Dutch
3. (obsolete) German, continental West Germanic (often excluding Frisian)

Inflection

Inflection of Diets
uninflected	Diets
inflected	Dietse
comparative	Dietser
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		Diets	Dietser	het Dietst het Dietste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	Dietse	Dietsere	Dietste
	n. sing.	Diets	Dietser	Dietste
	plural	Dietse	Dietsere	Dietste
definite		Dietse	Dietsere	Dietste
partitive		Diets	Dietsers	—

Derived terms

• verdietsen

Proper noun

Diets n

1. the Middle Dutch language
2. (archaic) the Dutch language
3. (obsolete) the "German", or continental West Germanic languages (often excluding Frisian)