dich

See also: dịch, đích, and địch

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”).

References

• “dich”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• chid

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

German

Alternative forms

• Dich

Etymology

From Old High German dih, akin to Old Saxon thī.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /dɪç/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• 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 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

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	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

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “dich”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Occitan

Alternative forms

• dit

Participle

dich m (feminine dicha, masculine plural diches, feminine plural dichas)

1. past participle of dire

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 248

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̠ʲixʲ/

Verb

·dich

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

Mutation

Mutation of ·dich

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

1. accusative of du: you

Declension

Pennsylvania German personal pronouns

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