German

Noun

Dill m ‎(genitive Dills or Dilles, plural Dille)

1. dill

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German dilla, from Proto-Germanic *þiljǭ. Cognate with German Diele, Dutch deel, English thill.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dil/
• Rhymes: -il

Noun

Dill m ‎(plural Dill or Diller)

1. plank, board
2. bowling lane

Derived terms

• dillen

English

Dill, Antheum graveolens, an herb.

Wikispecies

Noun

dill ‎(countable and uncountable, plural dills)

1. Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.
2. A cucumber pickled with dill flavoring, also called a dill pickle.
3. (informal) a fool.

Synonyms

• (herb): anet, dillseed, Peucedanum graveolens
• (type of pickle): dill pickle

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• cornichon
• cucumber
• gherkin
• graveolens
• pickled cucumber
• pickle

Verb

dill ‎(third-person singular simple present dills, present participle dilling, simple past and past participle dilled)

1. To still; to assuage; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain.
2. To lull to sleep.

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

dill c ‎(uncountable)

1. the herb dill

Declension