Docht

See also: docht

German

Etymology

From Middle High German tāht, from Old High German tāht, from Proto-Germanic *þanhtu-/*þæhta- (“thread”),[1] perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to weave”).

Cognate with Old Norse þáttr, for which reason the onset t- is an irregular hardening (compare tausend). The modern form is not inherited from literary Middle High German, but from the vernaculars. It has d- due to dialectal High German, and Low German influence (compare Middle Low German dacht); the vocalism is due to the common dialectal development -ā- → -ō- (compare Odem).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɔxt/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Noun

Docht m (strong, genitive Dochtes or Dochts, plural Dochte)

  1. wick (porous cord that draws up liquid fuel for burning)

Declension

Declension of Docht [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Docht die Dochte
genitive eines des Dochtes, Dochts der Dochte
dative einem dem Docht, Dochte1 den Dochten
accusative einen den Docht die Dochte

1Now rare, see notes.

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Further reading

  • “Docht” in Duden online
  • “Docht”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German)

Rhine Franconian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d̥oxt/ (Frankfurterisch)

Noun

Docht

  1. (South Hessian) wick
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