dingen

See also: Dingen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɪŋə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: din‧gen
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch dingen (to convene, to plead), from Old Dutch *thingon, from Proto-West Germanic *þingōn, from Proto-Germanic *þingōną. The verb was originally weak, but became strong by analogy with other verbs.

Verb

dingen

  1. (transitive) to solicit
Conjugation
Conjugation of dingen (strong class 3a)
infinitive dingen
past singular dong
past participle gedongen
infinitive dingen
gerund dingen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular ding dong
2nd person sing. (jij) dingt, ding2 dong
2nd person sing. (u) dingt dong
2nd person sing. (gij) dingt dongt
3rd person singular dingt dong
plural dingen dongen
subjunctive sing.1 dinge donge
subjunctive plur.1 dingen dongen
imperative sing. ding
imperative plur.1 dingt
participles dingend gedongen
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

dingen

  1. plural of ding

German

Etymology

From Middle High German dingen, from Old High German dingōn, from Proto-West Germanic *þingōn (to hold a meeting), from Proto-Germanic *þingōną.

Originally a weak verb, which developed secondary strong forms; a process that seems to have begun in the Middle Low German cognate. Compare Dutch dingen (strong).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɪŋən/, [ˈdɪŋən], [ˈdɪŋŋ̩]
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

dingen (weak or class 3 strong, third-person singular present dingt, past tense dingte or (rare) dang, past participle gedungen or gedingt, past subjunctive dänge or dingte, auxiliary haben)

  1. (literary) to hire for a crime
  2. (archaic) to hire (in general)

Usage notes

  • The most common form is the past participle gedungen, chiefly as an adjective. For example: ein gedungener Mörder (“a hired murderer”).

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • dingen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • dingen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • dingen” in Duden online
  • dingen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *thingon, from Proto-West Germanic *þingōn. Equivalent to dinc +‎ -en.

Verb

dingen

  1. to hold a trial in court
  2. to try, to judge
  3. to plead for
  4. to strive
  5. to speak formally
  6. to chatter, to talk back and forth

Inflection

Conjugation of dingen (weak)
infinitive base form dingen
genitive dingens
dative dingene
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular dinge dinge
2nd person singular dincs, dinges dincs, dinges
3rd person singular dinct, dinget dinge
1st person plural dingen dingen
2nd person plural dinct, dinget dinct, dinget
3rd person plural dingen dingen
imperative
singular dinc, dinge
plural dinct, dinget
present past
participle dingende

Descendants

  • Dutch: dingen
  • Limburgish: dinge

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English *dingan, from Proto-West Germanic *dingwan, from Proto-Germanic *dingwaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdinɡən/, [ˈdiŋɡən]

Verb

dingen

  1. To violently hit, strike or attack someone.
  2. To ding; to strike or hit an object.
  3. To attain victory over someone or something.
  4. To run; to travel at a fast speed.

Usage notes

This verb is occasionally weak in Middle English.

Conjugation

Conjugation of dingen (strong class 3)
infinitive (to) dingen, dinge
present tense past tense
1st-person singular dinge dang
2nd-person singular dingest donge, dange, dang
3rd-person singular dingeth dang
subjunctive singular dinge donge1, dange1
imperative singular
plural2 dingen, dinge dongen, donge, dangen, dange
imperative plural dingeth, dinge
participles dingynge, dingende dongen, donge

1 Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

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