German

Noun

Dichten

1. plural of Dichte

Dutch

Verb

dichten

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

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch dichten, from Latin dictō.

Verb

dichten

1. (intransitive) to compose a poem

Inflection

Derived terms

• toedichten

Etymology 3

Non-lemma forms.

Noun

dichten

1. Plural form of dicht

German

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Middle High German tihten, from Old High German tihtōn, dihtōn. Probably an early borrowing from Latin dictare, although it has been suggested that a Germanic verb, possibly akin to Middle High German tīchen ‎(“to create, to put into practice”), was merged with the Latin one. 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

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

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

• Dichter
• Dichtung
• erdichten
• Gedicht

Etymology 2

From the adjective dicht.

Verb

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

1. to caulk

Conjugation

Synonyms

• abdichten

Derived terms

• Dichtband

Etymology 3

Adjective

dichten

1. inflected form of dicht

Luxembourgish

Verb

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

1. to compose poetry

Conjugation