gesticht

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣəˈstɪxt/

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• Hyphenation: ge‧sticht
• Rhymes: -ɪxt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch gestichte.

Noun

gesticht n (plural gestichten, diminutive gestichtje n)

1. (colloquial) psychiatric ward, mental asylum.
2. (dated) care home, reformatory.
3. (dated, Christianity) a Christian religious building or foundation, such as a church or monastery
4. large, impressive building, as typically used for above institutes.
5. (obsolete) any building.

Derived terms

• gestichtskind
• kerkgesticht
• krankzinnigengesticht
• verbeteringsgesticht

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch gesticht. Equivalent to the past participle of stichten.

Participle

gesticht

1. past participle of stichten

Inflection

Declension of gesticht
uninflected	gesticht
inflected	gestichte
		positive
predicative/adverbial		gesticht
indefinite	m./f. sing.	gestichte
	n. sing.	gesticht
	plural	gestichte
definite		gestichte
partitive		gestichts