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diktat

See also: Diktat and diktát

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Diktat, from Latin dictātum (“that which has been dictated”), from the perfect passive participle of dictō (“dictate”). Doublet of dictate.

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Noun

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diktat (plural diktats)

  1. a harsh penalty or settlement imposed upon a defeated party by the victor
  2. a dogmatic decree or command, especially issued by one who rules without popular consent
    Synonym: ukase
    • 1964 May, “News and Comment: Minister hamstrings BR workshops”, in Modern Railways, page 291:
      Whatever the pressures that have invoked the Minister's diktat, the outcome is Gilbertian.
    • 1982, Steven L. Sampson, The Planners and the Peasants:
      Today, regional diktat is now supplemented (though not wholly replaced) by other means of recruiting elites.
    • 2005, Vitaly Naumkin, Radical Islam in Central Asia: Between Pen and Rifle, page 179:
      It should be noted that Saddam's power was held up by fear and diktat.
    • 2018, Julian Sanchez, “Brand Loyalty”, in Just Security:
      Trump—according not to the paranoid fears of his opponents, but his own professed desires—would have the government’s law enforcement institutions act as political weapons, aimed by his diktat.
    • 2025 April 17, Linda Feldmann, “How Donald Trump is upending American culture”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
      But amid all the disruption and norm-breaking, it’s Mr. Trump’s apparently keen interest in shaping American culture that may be most intriguing. To critics, it’s nothing less than a sign of his authoritarian bent – reminiscent of the Stalin-esque playbook that made government diktats over artistic expression a feature of the old Soviet Union.

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Noun

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diktat m (plural diktats)

  1. diktat

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  • → Turkish: dikta

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Dutch dictaat, from Latin dictātum.

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdɪktat]
  • Hyphenation: dik‧tat

Noun

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diktat

  1. dictated text
  2. prepared text
  3. (extension) note, a brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute
  4. (education) lecture note

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Latin dictātum.

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diktat m (definite singular diktaten, indefinite plural diktater, definite plural diktatene)

  1. dictation, dictating
  2. a text which is written after hearing
  3. (education) an orthography exam in which students write down what the teacher says

diktat n (definite singular diktatet, uncountable)

  1. something which is dictated; orders
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Latin dictātum.

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diktat m (definite singular diktaten, indefinite plural diktatar, definite plural diktatane)

  1. dictation, dictating
  2. a text which is written after hearing
  3. (education) an orthography exam in which students write down what the teacher says

diktat n (definite singular diktatet, uncountable)

  1. something which is dictated; orders
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Verb

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diktat

  1. supine of dikta
    • 1861, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Ferdaminni fraa Sumaren 1860, volume II, page 30:
      Kvat er det ikki for Usans Wergeland hever diktat um Konge og Dronning?
      What kind of nonsense is it not that Wergeland has versified about King and Queen?

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Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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dìktāt m (Cyrillic spelling дѝкта̄т)

  1. dictate

Declension

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Declension of diktat
singular plural
nominative dìktāt diktati
genitive diktáta diktata
dative diktatu diktatima
accusative diktat diktate
vocative diktate diktati
locative diktatu diktatima
instrumental diktatom diktatima

Spanish

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Noun

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diktat m (plural diktats)

  1. diktat

Swedish

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin dictātum, from dictāre. Cognate with English dictate, German Diktat, French dictée.

Noun

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diktat n

  1. diktat
Declension
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Declension of diktat
nominative genitive
singular indefinite diktat diktats
definite diktatet diktatets
plural indefinite diktat diktats
definite diktaten diktatens
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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diktat

  1. supine of dikta

Adjective

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diktat

  1. indefinite neuter singular of diktad
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