Diets

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dietsc, a variant of duutsc (from which Duits), both from Old Dutch *thiudisk, from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz, from *þeudō (“people, nation”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“people”). Compare German deutsch, Low German Düütsch.

Adjective

Diets (comparative Dietser, superlative meest Diets or Dietst)

1. (obsolete) German, continental West Germanic
2. (archaic) Dutch
3. Middle Dutch

Declension

Declension of Diets

		positive	comparative	superlative
				attributive	predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial		Diets	Dietser
neuter singular	indefinite	Diets	Dietser
	definite	Dietse	Dietsere	Dietste	Dietst, Dietste
common singular		Dietse	Dietsere	Dietste	Dietste
plural		Dietse	Dietsere	Dietste	Dietste
partitive		Diets	Dietsers

Proper noun

Diets n

1. (obsolete) the "German", or continental West Germanic languages
2. (archaic) the Dutch language
3. the Middle Dutch language