Middle Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Old Dutch *thiuden, from Proto-West Germanic *þiudijan.

Verb edit

dieden

  1. to explain
  2. to mean, to signify
  3. to tell
  4. (with a negative) to be valid
  5. (with a negative) to be helpful, useful

Inflection edit

Weak
Infinitive dieden
3rd sg. past
3rd pl. past
Past participle
Infinitive dieden
In genitive diedens
In dative diedene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular diede
2nd singular diets, diedes
3rd singular diet, diedet
1st plural dieden
2nd plural diet, diedet
3rd plural dieden
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular diede
2nd singular diets, diedes
3rd singular diede
1st plural dieden
2nd plural diet, diedet
3rd plural dieden
Imperative Present
Singular diet, diede
Plural diet, diedet
Present Past
Participle diedende

Alternative forms edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Dutch: duiden
  • Limburgish: duuje

Further reading edit

West Frisian edit

Noun edit

dieden

  1. plural of died