dit

• enPR: dĭt, IPA^(key): /dɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɪt

From Middle English ditten, dütten, from Old English dyttan (“to stop up, close”), from Proto-Germanic *duttijaną, from *duttaz (“wisp”), akin to Icelandic ditta. Related to Old English dott (“dot, point”). More at dot.

dit (third-person singular simple present dits, present participle ditting, simple past and past participle ditted)

1. (Britain dialectal, Northern England) To stop up; block (an opening); close (compare Scots dit).
2. (obsolete) To close up.

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• dottle

Variant of dite.

dit (plural dits)

1. (archaic, rare) A ditty, a little melody.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vi:

     No bird, but did her shrill notes sweetly sing; / No song but did containe a louely dit: / Trees, braunches, birds, and songs were framed fit [...].

2. (obsolete) A word; a decree.

Imitative.

dit (plural dits)

1. The spoken representation of a dot in radio and telegraph Morse code.

• dah

Shortening.

dit (plural dits)

1. (information theory) decimal digit

From French dit (“called”)

dit (not comparable)

1. (Canada, obsolete) indicator of a declared surname originating from Canadian French (literally, "called")

• DTI, IDT, TDI, TID, it'd, tid

From Dutch dit (“this”), from Middle Dutch dit, from Old Dutch thit.

• IPA^(key): /dɨt/

dit (possessive sy)

1. it, this, that (subject and object)
   1. referring to the context

      Dit lyk baie moeilik.

      It seems very difficult.

   2. referring to something seen or heard in the real world

      Dit is ’n huis. ― This is a house.

      Dit is huise. ― These are houses.

   3. referring to non-personal singular nouns

      Sy het my die boek gegee, maar ek het dit nog nie gelees nie.

      She gave me the book, but I haven’t read it yet.

• Dit is is commonly contracted to dis, both in speech and writing: Dis ’n huis.

• (referring to something seen or heard): hierdie; daardie (both more demonstrative)
• (referring to non-personal singulars): hy, hom

• die, dié

• ditu, ditru, din

From Latin de-inter.

dit

1. from

• dintrã
• ditrã

dit

1. second-person singular of da

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈdit/
• Rhymes: -it

From Old Occitan, from Latin digitus.

dit m (plural dits)

1. finger

From Old Occitan, from Latin dictus.

dit m (feminine dida, masculine plural dits, feminine plural dides)

1. past participle of dir

dit (common din, plural dine)

1. (possessive) Neuter singular form of din

From Middle Dutch dit, from Old Dutch thit. Cognate with German dies.

• IPA^(key): /dɪt/

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dit

1. this (neuter); referring to a thing or a person closer by.

   dit huis

   this house

   dit kind

   this child

• ditmaal

dit n

1. (demonstrative) this, this here

   Wat is dit?

   What is this?

This pronoun can combine with a preposition to form a pronominal adverb. When this occurs, it is changed into its adverbial/locative counterpart hier. See also Category:Dutch pronominal adverbs.

From Old French dit, from Latin dictus.

• IPA^(key): /di/

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dit

1. past participle of dire

   Il a dit son nom. ― He said his name.

2. third-person singular present indicative of dire

   « Je m'appelle Paul, » dit-il. ― “My name is Paul”, he says.

3. third-person singular past historic of dire
4. (in names) Indicating a surname used as a family name.

From Latin dictus, dictum.

dit

1. past participle of dî

dit

1. said

dit m (plural dits)

1. saying, maxim

• düt

• IPA^(key): /dɪt/, /dʏt/

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dit

1. (colloquial, dialectal, north-eastern Germany, including Berlin) Synonym of das

   Kann man dit irgendwie ändern?

   Can this be changed somehow?

   Wie oft muss ick ’n dir dit noch sagen?

   How many times do I have to tell you this?

dit

1. this

See the etymology of the main entry.

dit

1. neuter nominative and accusative singular of dese

• “dit”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “dit”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

dit

1. (Sylt) the (definite article for singular neuter nouns)

• di (Sylt; common gender singular)
• dåt (Mooring; neuter gender singular)

dit

1. to that place; thither

• det

From Latin digitus.

• IPA^(key): [dit]

dit m (plural dits)

1. finger

From Latin dictum.

dit m (oblique plural diz or ditz, nominative singular diz or ditz, nominative plural dit)

1. word
2. story; tale

• conte
• lai

From Latin dictus.

dit

1. past participle of dire
2. third-person singular present indicative of dire
3. third-person singular past historic of dire

• French: dit

• dyt
• ditt

From Early Scots ditt or dyt, from Old English dyttan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪt/
• (Hawick) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪʔ/

dit (third-person singular present dits, present participle ditin, past ditt, past participle ditt)

1. To close (especially of a door or mouth).
2. To block or stop up (of an opening).
3. To obstruct, especially from view.
4. To darken or dim (in the sense of obscuring light).
5. Of the sun: to sink or to be obscured by clouds.

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dit (not comparable)

1. there; to that place; that way, in that direction; thither

   Jag har aldrig varit i London, men jag ska dit snart. ― I've never been to London, but I will get there soon.

• där
• hit

• tid

dit

1. neuter singular of dizze