dich

See also: dịch

English

Noun

dich (plural diches)

1. Obsolete form of ditch (“a trench”).

Verb

dich (third-person singular simple present diches, present participle diching, simple past and past participle diched)

1. Obsolete form of ditch (“to dig a trench”).

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for dich in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

• chid

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Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German dich, from Old High German dih (“thee”). Cognate with German dich.

Pronoun

dich

1. (Sette Comuni) accusative of du: you, thee

See also

Cimbrian personal pronouns

		nominative	accusative	dative
1st person singular		ich	mich	miar
2nd person singular	familiar	du	dich	diar
	polite	iart	ach	òich
3rd person singular	m	èar, ar	in, en	iime
	f	zi, ze		iar
	n	es, is	es, 's	iime
1st person plural		bar, bandare	zich	izàndarn
2nd person plural		iart, iartàndare, artàndare	òich, ach	ogàndarn
3rd person plural		ze, zòi, zandare	zich	innàndarn

References

• “dich” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

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German

Alternative forms

• Dich

Etymology

From Old High German dih, akin to Old Saxon thī

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /dɪç/
• Rhymes: -ɪç

Pronoun

dich

1. (personal) accusative of du; you, thee (direct object).

   Ich liebe dich nicht, wenn du mich nicht liebst.

   I don't love you if you don't love me.

2. (reflexive) accusative of du; yourself, thee (direct object).

Further reading

• “dich” in Duden online

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Hunsrik

Etymology

From Old High German dih, from Proto-Germanic *þek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiç/

Pronoun

dich

1. stressed and unstressed accusative of du: you (direct object), thee.

   Ich sihn dich dart.

   I see you there.

Inflection

Hunsrik personal pronouns

	nominative		accusative		dative
	Proclitic	Enclitic	str.	unstr.	str.	unstr.
1st person singular	ich eich	-ich	mich meich		meer	mer m'r
2nd person singular (informal)	du dau/Dau	-du, -de -Dau, -De	dich deich/Deich		deer	der d'r/D'r
3rd person singular (m.)	er; där	-er	ihn	en	ihm	em
3rd person singular (f.)	sie; die	-se	sie / ihns	se	eer ehr	re
3rd person singular (n.)	es; das et, 't	's	es et	-et, -'t	ihm	em
1st person plural	meer	mer	uns uhs
2nd person plural	deer Ehr, Dehr	der	eich Auch
3rd person plural	sie; die	-se	sie	se	denne

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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Occitan

Verb

dich

1. past participle of dire

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲix/

Verb

·dich

1. third-person singular perfective present subjunctive prototonic of téit
2. third-person singular present indicative prototonic of do·fich

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
·dich	·dich pronounced with /-ð(ʲ)-/	·ndich
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German mich.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪç/

Pronoun

dich

1. you

Declension

Declension of dich

	Nominative	Accusative	Dative
1st - Singular	ich	mich	mir mer (unstressed)
2nd - Singular	du de (unstressed)	dich	dir der (unstressed)
3rd - Singular Masculine	er	ihn en (unstressed)	ihm em (unstressed)
3rd - Singular Feminine	sie se (unstressed)	sie se (unstressed)	ihre re (unstressed)
3rd - Singular Neuter	es	es	ihm em (unstressed)
1st - Plural	mir mer (unstressed)	uns	uns
2nd - Plural	dihr der (unstressed)	eich	eich
3rd - Plural	sie	sie	ihne ne (unstressed)
2nd - Polite	Sie	Sie	Ihne Ne (unstressed)