dich
See also: dịch
English
Noun
dich (plural diches)
- Obsolete form of ditch (“a trench”).
Verb
dich (third-person singular simple present diches, present participle diching, simple past and past participle diched)
- Obsolete form of ditch (“to dig a trench”).
References
- “dich”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German dich, from Old High German dih (“thee”). Cognate with German dich.
Pronoun
dich
- (Sette Comuni) accusative of du: you, thee
See also
| 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
German
Alternative forms
- Dich
Etymology
From Old High German dih, akin to Old Saxon thī.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - IPA(key): /dɪç/
- Rhymes: -ɪç
Pronoun
dich
- (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.
- (reflexive pronoun) accusative of du; yourself, thyself (direct object).
Further reading
- “dich” in Duden online
Hunsrik
Etymology
From Middle High German dich, from Old High German dih.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tiç/
Pronoun
dich
- stressed and unstressed accusative of du: you (direct object), thee.
- Ich sihn dich dart.
- I see you there.
Inflection
| nominative | accusative | dative | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| proclitic | enclitic | stressed | unstressed | stressed | unstressed | |||
| singular | 1st person | ich eich |
-ich | mich meich |
meer | mer m'r | ||
| 2nd person (informal) |
du dau/Dau |
-du, -de -Dau, -De |
dich deich/Deich |
deer | der d'r/D'r | |||
| 3rd person |
m | er; där | -er | ihn | en | ihm | em | |
| f | sie; die | -se | sie / ihns | se | eer ehr |
re | ||
| n | es; das et, 't |
's | es et |
-et, -'t |
ihm | em | ||
| plural | 1st person | meer | mer | uns uhs | ||||
| 2nd person | deer Ehr, Dehr |
der | eich Auch | |||||
| 3rd person | sie; die | -se | sie | se | denne | |||
Further reading
Occitan
Alternative forms
Participle
dich m (feminine dicha, masculine plural diches, feminine plural dichas)
- past participle of dire
Further reading
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 248.
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [dʲix]
Verb
·dich
- third-person singular present subjunctive perfective prototonic of téit
- third-person singular present indicative prototonic of do·fich
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| ·dich | ·dich pronounced with /ðʲ-/ |
·ndich |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Middle High German dich, from Old High German dih. Compare German dich.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪç/
Pronoun
dich
Declension
| Number | singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person/ Gender |
1st | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |||
| familiar | polite/formal | m | f | n | |||||
| nominative | ich | du de1 |
dihr der1 Sie |
er | sie se1 |
es | mir mer1 |
dihr der1 |
sie |
| dative | mir mer1 |
dir der1 |
eich Ihne Ne1 |
ihm em1 |
ihre re1 |
ihm em1 |
uns | eich | ihne ne1 |
| accusative | mich | dich | eich Sie |
ihn en1 |
sie se1 |
es | sie | ||
1 unstressed