dit

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dit"

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: dĭt, IPA^(key): /dɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɪt

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English ditten, dütten, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English dyttan (“to stop up, close”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *duttijaną, from *duttaz (“wisp”), akin to Icelandic ditta. Related to Old English dott (“dot, point”). More at dot.

Verb

dit (third-person singular simple present dits, present participle ditting, simple past and past participle ditted)

1. (UK dialectal, Northern England) To stop up; block (an opening); close (compare Scots dit).
2. (obsolete) To close up.

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Related terms

• dottle

Etymology 2

Variant of dite.

Noun

dit (plural dits)

1. (archaic, rare) A ditty, a little melody.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vi:

     No bird, but did her shrill notes sweetly sing; / No song but did containe a louely dit: / Trees, braunches, birds, and songs were framed fit [...].

2. (obsolete) A word; a decree.

Etymology 3

Imitative.

Noun

dit (plural dits)

1. The spoken representation of a dot in radio and telegraph Morse code.

Translations

spoken representation of a dot in radio and telegraph Morse code

• Finnish: ti (fi)
• French: ti (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: ti (hu)
• Japanese: トン (ja) (ton)
• Russian: то́чка (ru) f (tóčka)

See also

• dah

Etymology 4

Shortening.

Noun

dit (plural dits)

1. (information theory) decimal digit

Etymology 5

From French dit (“called”)

Adjective

dit (not comparable)

1. (Canada, obsolete) Indicator of a declared surname originating from Canadian French.

Anagrams

• DTI, IDT, TDI, TID, it'd, tid

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch dit (“this”), from Middle Dutch dit, from Old Dutch thit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɨt/

Pronoun

dit (possessive sy)

1. it, this, that (subject and object)
   1. referring to the context

      Dit lyk baie moeilik.

      It seems very difficult.

   2. referring to something seen or heard in the real world

      Dit is ’n huis. ― This is a house.

      Dit is huise. ― These are houses.

   3. referring to non-personal singular nouns

      Sy het my die boek gegee, maar ek het dit nog nie gelees nie.

      She gave me the book, but I haven’t read it yet.

Usage notes

• Dit is is commonly contracted to dis, both in speech and writing: Dis ’n huis.

Synonyms

• (referring to something seen or heard): hierdie; daardie (both more demonstrative)
• (referring to non-personal singulars): hy, hom

Related terms

• die, dié

See also

Afrikaans personal pronouns

		subjective	objective	possessive determiner	possessive pronoun
singular	1st	ek	my		myne
	2nd	jy	jou		joune
	2nd, formal	u			u s’n
	3rd, masc	hy	hom	sy	syne
	3rd, fem	sy	haar		hare
	3rd, neut	dit		sy	syne
plural	1st	ons			ons s’n
	2nd	julle / jul1			julle s’n
	3rd	hulle / hul1			hulle s’n
1. The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence.

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• ditu, ditru, din

Etymology

From Latin de-inter.

Preposition

dit

1. from

Related terms

• dintrã
• ditrã

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Breton

Pronoun

dit

1. second-person singular of da

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈdit]
• Rhymes: -it

Etymology 1

From , from Latin digitus.

Noun

dit m (plural dits)

1. finger

Etymology 2

From , from Latin dictus.

Verb

dit (feminine di, masculine plural dits, feminine plural dis)

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Danish

Pronoun

dit (common din, plural dine)

1. (possessive) neuter singular of din

See also

Danish personal pronouns

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					common	neuter	plural
Singular	First	–	jeg	mig	min	mit	mine
	Second	modern / informal	du	dig	din	dit	dine
		formal	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	masculine (person)	han	ham	hans
		feminine (person)	hun	hende	hendes
		common(noun)	den		dens
		neuter(noun)	det		dets
		reflexive	–	sig	sin	sit	sine
Plural	First	modern	vi	os	vores
		archaic / formal			vor	vort	vore
	Second	–	I	jer	jeres
	Third	–	de	dem	deres
		reflexive	–	sig

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dit, from Old Dutch thit. Cognate with German dies.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪt/

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Determiner

dit

1. this (neuter); referring to a thing or a person closer by.

   dit huis

   this house

   dit kind

   this child

Inflection

Dutch demonstrative determiners
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Proximal	deze	deze	dit	deze
Distal	die	die	dat	die
Possessive	diens	dier	diens	dier

Derived terms

• ditmaal

Pronoun

dit n

1. (demonstrative) this, this here

   Wat is dit?

   What is this?

Usage notes

This pronoun can combine with a preposition to form a pronominal adverb. When this occurs, it is changed into its adverbial/locative counterpart hier. See also Category:Dutch pronominal adverbs.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di/

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Etymology 1

From Old French dit, from Latin dictus.

Verb

dit (feminine dite, masculine plural dits, feminine plural dites)

1. past participle of dire

   Il a dit son nom. ― He said his name.

2. (in names) Indicating a surname used as a family name.

Derived terms

• ledit
• leurdit
• lieu-dit
• mondit
• notredit
• sondit
• susdit
• tondit
• votredit

Etymology 2

From Latin dīcit, third-person singular present active indicative of dīcō.

Verb

dit

1. third-person singular present indicative of dire

   « Je m’appelle Paul, » dit-il. ― “My name is Paul,” he says.

2. third-person singular past historic of dire

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin dictus, dictum.

Verb

dit

1. past participle of dî

Adjective

dit

1. said

Noun

dit m (plural dits)

1. saying, maxim

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German

Alternative forms

• düt

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪt/, /dʏt/

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Pronoun

dit

1. (colloquial, dialectal, north-eastern Germany, including Berlin) Synonym of das

   Kann man dit irgendwie ändern?

   Can this be changed somehow?

   Wie oft muss ick ’n dir dit noch sagen?

   How many times do I have to tell you this?

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Low German

Alternative forms

• düt

Pronoun

dit n

1. this

See also

• disse (dissen)

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Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

dit

1. this

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Determiner

dit

1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of dese

Further reading

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

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North Frisian

Article

dit

1. (Sylt) the (definite article for singular neuter nouns)

See also

• di (Sylt; common gender singular)
• dåt (Mooring; neuter gender singular)

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Norwegian

Adverb

dit

1. to that place; thither

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Occitan

Alternative forms

• det

Etymology

From Latin digitus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dit]

Noun

dit m (plural dits)

1. finger

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Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin dictum.

Noun

dit oblique singular, m (oblique plural diz or ditz, nominative singular diz or ditz, nominative plural dit)

1. word
2. story; tale

Synonyms

• conte
• lai

Etymology 2

From Latin dictus.

Verb

dit

1. past participle of dire
2. third-person singular present indicative of dire
3. third-person singular past historic of dire

Descendants

• French: dit

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Scots

Alternative forms

• dyt
• ditt

Etymology

From Early Scots ditt or dyt, from Old English dyttan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪt/
• (Hawick) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪʔ/

Verb

dit (third-person singular simple present dits, present participle ditin, simple past ditt, past participle ditt)

1. To close (especially of a door or mouth).
2. To block or stop up (of an opening).
3. To obstruct, especially from view.
4. To darken or dim (in the sense of obscuring light).
5. Of the sun: to sink or to be obscured by clouds.

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Adverb

dit (not comparable)

1. there; to that place; that way, in that direction; thither

   Jag har aldrig varit i London, men jag ska dit snart. ― I've never been to London, but I will get there soon.

See also

• där
• hit

Anagrams

• tid

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West Frisian

Determiner

dit

1. neuter singular of dizze