See also: Dichten

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɪxtə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: dich‧ten
  • Rhymes: -ɪxtən

Etymology 1

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From dicht +‎ -en.

Verb

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dichten

  1. (transitive) to close
  2. (transitive) to stop up
Inflection
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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.
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Etymology 2

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From Middle Dutch dichten, from Latin dictō.

Verb

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dichten

  1. (intransitive) to compose a poem
Inflection
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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.
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  • Afrikaans: dig

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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dichten

  1. plural of dicht

German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɪçtən/, [ˈdɪçtən], [ˈdɪçtn̩]

Etymology 1

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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

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dichten (weak, third-person singular present dichtet, past tense dichtete, past participle gedichtet, auxiliary haben)

  1. to compose (a text, almost always poetry)
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Etymology 2

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From the adjective dicht.

Verb

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dichten (weak, third-person singular present dichtet, past tense dichtete, past participle gedichtet, auxiliary haben)

  1. to caulk, seal (prevent leakage)
    Synonyms: abdichten, versiegeln
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Etymology 3

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Adjective

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dichten

  1. inflection of dicht:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Further reading

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  • dichten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • dichten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • dichten” in Duden online
  • dichten” in OpenThesaurus.de

Luxembourgish

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Verb

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dichten (third-person singular present dicht, past participle gedicht, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. to compose poetry

Conjugation

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin dictō.

Verb

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dichten

  1. to dictate
  2. to write down, to arrange in writing

Inflection

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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

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