dichten

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪxtə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: dich‧ten
• Rhymes: -ɪxtən

From dicht +‎ -en.

dichten

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

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• afdichten
• herdichten
• verdichten

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Latin dictō.

dichten

1. (intransitive) to compose a poem

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• bijdichten
• herdichten
• nadichten
• omdichten
• opdichten
• toedichten

• Afrikaans: dig

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

dichten

1. plural of dicht

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

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 Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), has prevailed. Cognate with Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), English dight.

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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• Dichter
• Dichtung
• erdichten
• Gedicht

From the adjective dicht.

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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• Dichtband
• Dichtung

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

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

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

1. to compose poetry

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Borrowed from Latin dictō.

dichten

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

• dichtere

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• Limburgish: dichte

• “dichten (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “dichten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN