Dill
English
editEtymology
edit- As a German surname, from Diele (“floorboard”).
- As an English surname, from the noun dill and also the adjective dull.
- As a Scottish/Scottish Gaelic surname, reduced from McDill, itself a variant of McDowell.
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ɪl
Proper noun
editDill
- A surname.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dill”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 462.
East Central German
editEtymology
editNoun
editDill
References
edit- 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 31:
German
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editWith Central German consonantism from Middle High German tille, from Old High German tilli, from Proto-West Germanic *dili.
Alternative forms
editNoun
editDill m (strong, genitive Dilles or Dills, plural Dille)
- dill (herb of the species Anethum graveolens)
- 1750, Johann Storch, Theoretische und practische Abhandlung von Kinder-Kranckheiten, Eisenach: Michael Gottlieb Grießbach, pages 406–407:
- Ein Exempel einer glücklichen Cur findet sich auch in M. N. C. Dec. I. A. I. p. 119. welche von D. Cummio also lautet: „Anno 1667 bekame einen Knaben von 6 Jahren zu Hannover in die Cur, dessen Haupt so groß war, als eines 18 jährigen Menschens, und der Schwulst über die Augen und Nasen hinge; hergegen die untern Gliedmassen abgezehret waren. […] An beyde Beine ließ ich Cauteria appliciren, und purgierte den Leib wöchentlich 4mal mit Syr. diac. nici. Unter das ordinaire Geträncke ließ ich etliche Tropfen Ol. Tart. per del. thun, die Speisen mit Anis, Kümmel und Till würtzen.
- One example of successful treatment can also be found in M. N. C. Dec. I. A. I. p. 119 by D. Cummio, which goes like: “In the year 1667 I got a boy of 6 years to treat in Hannover, whose head was as large as that of an 18-year-old man, and the swelling was hanging over eyes and nose; whereas the lower limbs were emaciated. […] On both legs I applied cauteries, and purged the body weekly 4 times with Syr. diac. nici. Into the regular drink I let put several drops of Ol. Tar. per del. thun, the foods I let be spiced with anise, caraway and dill.
Declension
editDeclension of Dill [masculine, strong]
Descendants
editFurther reading
editEtymology 2
editProper noun
editdie Dill f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Dill)
Derived terms
editEtymology 3
editProper noun
editDill n (proper noun, genitive Dills or (optionally with an article) Dill)
- A municipality of Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate
Etymology 4
editProper noun
editDill m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Dills or (with an article) Dill, feminine genitive Dill, plural Dills)
- a surname
Luxembourgish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German dille, from Old High German dilla, from Proto-Germanic *þiljǭ. Cognate with German Diele, Dutch deel, English thill.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editDill m (plural Dill or Diller)
Derived terms
editCategories:
- English terms derived from German
- English terms derived from Scottish Gaelic
- Rhymes:English/ɪl
- Rhymes:English/ɪl/1 syllable
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- East Central German lemmas
- East Central German nouns
- Erzgebirgisch
- German 1-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German lemmas
- German nouns
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- German terms with quotations
- German proper nouns
- German feminine nouns
- de:Rivers in Hesse
- de:Rivers in Germany
- de:Places in Hesse
- de:Places in Germany
- de:Rivers
- German neuter nouns
- de:Municipalities of Germany
- de:Places in Rhineland-Palatinate
- German nouns with multiple genders
- German surnames
- de:Celery family plants
- de:Herbs
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Middle High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Middle High German
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish 1-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Luxembourgish/il
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- Luxembourgish lemmas
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- Luxembourgish masculine nouns