dichten

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪxtə(n)/

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From dicht +‎ -en.

dichten

1. (transitive) to close
2. (transitive) to stop up

From Middle Dutch dichten, from Latin dictō.

dichten

1. (intransitive) to compose a poem

• toedichten

See the etymology of the main entry.

dichten

1. Plural form of dicht

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪçtən/, [ˈdɪçtən], [ˈdɪçtn̩]

From Middle High German tihten, from Old High German tihtōn, dihtōn. Probably an early borrowing from Latin dictare, although it has been suggested that a Germanic verb, possibly akin to Middle High German tīchen (“to create, to put into practice”), was merged with the Latin one. The consonantism (d-/t-) was very unstable in early modern German; the voiced onset, which is in line with Middle Low German dichten, has prevailed. Cognate with Dutch dichten, English dight.

dichten (third-person singular simple present dichtet, past tense dichtete, past participle gedichtet, auxiliary haben)

1. to compose (a text, almost always poetry)

• Dichter
• Dichtung
• erdichten
• Gedicht

From the adjective dicht.

dichten (third-person singular simple present dichtet, past tense dichtete, past participle gedichtet, auxiliary haben)

1. to caulk, seal (prevent leakage)

   Synonyms: abdichten, versiegeln

• Dichtband
• Dichtung

dichten

1. inflected form of dicht

dichten (third-person singular present dicht, past participle gedicht, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. to compose poetry

Borrowed from Latin dictō.

dichten

1. to dictate
2. to write down, to arrange in writing

• dichtere

• Dutch: dichten
• Limburgish: dichte

• “dichten (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “dichten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929