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dingen

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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
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

dingen

  1. plural of ding
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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

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
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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

More information infinitive, base form ...

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

More information infinitive, present tense ...

1 Later replaced by the 1st-/3rd-person singular or dongest, dangest.
2 Later replaced by the indicative.
3 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

References

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