dit

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English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: dĭt, IPA(key): /dɪt/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪt

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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

  1. (UK dialectal, Northern England) To stop up; block (an opening); close (compare Scots dit).
  2. (obsolete) To close up.
    • 1599, James VI and I, Basilikon Doron:
      that I would haue thought my sincere plainnesse in that first part vpon that subiect, should haue ditted the mouth of the most enuious Momus

Etymology 2

Variant of dite.

Noun

dit (plural dits)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A ditty, a little melody.
  2. (obsolete) A word; a decree.

Etymology 3

Imitative.

Noun

dit (plural dits)

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

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Etymology 4

Shortening.

Noun

dit (plural dits)

  1. (information theory) decimal digit
Derived terms

Etymology 5

From French dit (“called”). Doublet of ditto.

Adjective

dit (not comparable)

  1. (Canada, obsolete) Indicator of a declared surname originating from Canadian French.

Etymology 6

Noun

dit (plural dits)

  1. (UK, military, slang) An anecdote or yarn.
    • 2022, Paul Tremelling, Harrier: How To Be a Fighter Pilot:
      Spinning dits comes with a few guidelines. The established dit litany is fairly simple: you must simply state a geographic datum for the dit, followed by the amount of alcohol that had been consumed immediately prior to the events […]

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Anagrams

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

  • 't (Cape Afrikaans)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dət/
  • Audio:(file)

Pronoun

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.
    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.

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

See also

Afrikaans personal pronouns
subjective objective possessive
determiner 		possessive
pronoun
singular 1st ek my myne
2nd jy jou joune
2nd, formal u u s’n
3rd masc hy hom sy syne
fem sy haar hare
neut dit sy syne
plural 1st ons ons s’n
2nd julle / jul1 julle s’n
3rd hulle / hul1 hulle s’n
1 The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence.

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin de-inter.

Preposition

dit

  1. from
  • dintrã
  • ditrã

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dit/ [d̪it̪]
  • Rhymes: -it
  • Hyphenation: dit

Verb

dit (masculine allocutive zidak, feminine allocutive zidan)

  1. third-person singular, with first-person singular indirect object and singular direct object, present indicative of izan (transitive auxiliary)

Breton

Pronoun

dit

  1. second-person singular of da

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin digitus. Doublet of dígit. Cognate with Occitan det and dit, French doigt, Spanish dedo and dígito, Portuguese dedo and dígito, and Galician dedo.

Noun

dit m (plural dits)

  1. finger, toe
  2. fingerbreadth
    tres o quatre dits d'ample
    three or four finger(breadth)s wide
Derived terms

Etymology 2

    Inherited from Latin dictus.

    Participle

    dit (feminine dita, masculine plural dits, feminine plural dites)

    1. past participle of dir
    Derived terms

    Further reading

    Central Franconian

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From Middle High German diser m, whose neuter was dit in Central Franconian (other Middle High German diz). The regular outcome would be disse vs. det. The vocalic variation was levelled one way or the other in all dialects. Levelling of the consonantism remained optional and probably occurred only after the determiner had been chiefly restricted to periods of time.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /dit/
    • (masculine disse) /ˈdizə/

    Determiner

    dit (masculine disse, feminine and plural diss)

    1. this, the current
      disse Mond ― this month
      diss Woch ― this week
      dit Johr ― this year
    2. (very rare) this, the one right here
      Synonyms: dat, hee dat, dat ... hee

    Danish

    Pronoun

    dit (common din, plural dine)

    1. (possessive) neuter singular of din

    See also

    Danish personal pronouns
    Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
    common neuter plural
    Singular First – jeg mig min mit mine
    Second modern / informal du dig din dit dine
    formal (uncommon) De Dem Deres
    Third masculine (person) han ham hans
    feminine (person) hun hende hendes
    common (noun) den dens
    neuter (noun) det dets
    indefinite man en ens
    reflexive – sig sin sit sine
    Plural First modern vi os vores
    archaic / formal vor vort vore
    Second – I jer jeres
    Third – de dem deres
    reflexive – sig

    Dutch

    Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /dɪt/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Homophone: Dit
    • Hyphenation: dit
    • Rhymes: -ɪt

    Determiner

    dit n (proximal demonstrative)

    1. neuter singular of deze (“this”); referring to a thing or a person closer by.
      dit huis
      this house
      dit kind
      this child

    Declension

    Dutch proximal demonstrative
    masculine feminine neuter plural
    nominative deze deze dit deze
    genitive1 dezes dezer dezes dezer
    dative1 dezen dezer dezen dezen
    accusative1 dezen deze dit deze
    1) Archaic


    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Afrikaans: dit
    • Jersey Dutch: dit

    Pronoun

    dit n (proximal demonstrative)

    1. neuter singular of deze; this, this here
      Wat is dit?
      What is this?

    Usage notes

    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.

    See also

    Dutch demonstrative determiners
    masculine feminine neuter plural
    proximal deze deze dit deze
    distal die die dat die
    possessive diens dier diens dier

    French

    Pronunciation

    Etymology 1

    From Old French dit, from Latin dictus.

    Noun

    dit m (plural dits)

    2. (dated) a sentence, saying or maxim
      Les Dits des sept sages
      The Sayings of the Seven Sages
    4. (historical, literature) a story from the mediæval period; a tale
      Le Dit du Genji
      The Tale of Genji

    Participle

    dit (feminine dite, masculine plural dits, feminine plural dites)

    2. past participle of dire
      Il a dit son nom. ― He said his name.
    4. (in names) Indicating a surname used as a family name.
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    From Middle French dit, from Latin dīcit, third-person singular present active indicative of dīcō.

    Verb

    dit

    2. third-person singular present indicative of dire

    Etymology 3

    From Middle French dist, from Latin dīxit, third-person singular perfect active indicative of dīcō.

    Verb

    dit

    2. third-person singular past historic of dire
      « Je m'appelle Paul, » dit-il. ― “My name is Paul,” he said.

    Further reading

    Friulian

    Etymology

    From Latin dictus, dictum.

    Verb

    dit

    1. past participle of dî

    Adjective

    dit

    1. said

    Noun

    dit m (plural dits)

    1. saying, maxim

    German

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    Pronoun

    dit

    1. (colloquial, regional, 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?

    Indonesian

    Noun

    dit

    1. (law enforcement) clipping of direktorat (“directorate”)

    Louisiana Creole

    Etymology

    From French dire (“to tell”), compare Haitian Creole di.

    Verb

    dit

    1. to tell

    References

    • Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

    Low German

    Alternative forms

    Pronoun

    dit n

    1. this

    See also

    Middle Dutch

    Etymology 1

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    Pronoun

    dit

    1. this

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Determiner

    dit

    1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of dese

    Further reading

    • “dit”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
    • Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “dit”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

    Middle French

    Etymology

    From Latin dīcit.

    Verb

    dit

    1. third-person singular present indicative of dire

    Descendants

    North Frisian

    Article

    dit

    1. (Sylt) the (neuter singular)

    Usage notes

    • Besides personal and possessive pronouns, dit is the only gendered form in Sylt Frisian, as gender distinctions in determiners and adjectives have been lost (unlike other North Frisian dialects). This causes a marked tendency to abolish grammatical gender altogether (compare the article template below). The distinction of the neuter is mainly stabilized by Standard German influence; gender distribution, when applied, therefore tends to follow closely the German pattern.

    Alternative forms

    See also

    Articles (Sylt dialect)
    singular plural
    m / f n
    definite /
    demonstrative     		full di dit di
    reduced —
    indefinite /
    numeral     		full jen —
    reduced en
    negative niin
    Spoken Sylt Frisian has a strong tendency to generalize di and thereby abolish grammatical gender. However, dit is usually maintained with nominalized adjectives and infinitives.
    Total reduction of the definite article is very common after prepositions, otherwise exceptional.

    Norwegian

    Adverb

    dit

    1. to that place; thither

    Occitan

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From Latin digitus.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    dit m (plural dits)

    1. finger

    Old French

    Etymology 1

    From Latin dictum.

    Noun

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

    1. word
    2. story; tale
    Synonyms

    Etymology 2

    From Latin dictus.

    Verb

    dit

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

    Scots

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

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

    Verb

    dit (third-person singular simple present dits, present participle ditin, simple past and 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

    Swedish

    Etymology

    From Old Swedish þit, from Old Norse þít, according to SAOB likely from þí + at. þí is in turn an old locative, possibly related to Gothic 𐌸𐌴𐌹 (þei), and more distantly to Ancient Greek τεῖ (teî) in τεῖδε (teîde, “thither”). Equivalent to ty + åt.

    Pronunciation

    • Audio:(file)

    Adverb

    dit (not comparable)

    1. to there, thither, (often in practice, in translations) there
      Antonym: hit (“to here, hither”)
      Jag gick dit, så nu är jag där
      I went [to] there, so now I am there
      Jag gick där [for comparison]
      I was walking there / I was walking at that location
      Jag har aldrig varit i London, men jag ska dit snart
      I've never been to London, but I'm going [to] there soon [see ska for why there is no resa (“travel”), åka (“go”), or the like]
      springa hit och dit
      run to here and to there / run hither and thither [indicating for example chaos or a lack of direction]
    2. (relative) to where, where (expresses movement to a place)
      staden dit de flyttade
      the city [to] where / to which they moved
      • 1973, Landslaget, “Tala om vart du ska resa [Tell me where you are traveling [to where you shall (are going to) travel]]”‎[1]:
        Ta mig dit där solen skiner, dit där himlen jämt är blå, dit där sjöarna är klara, dit jag alltid velat gå.
        Take me [to] where ["to where, where ..." – second "where" from "där"] the sun shines, [to] where [where] the sky is always blue, [to] where [where] the lakes are clear, [to] where I've always wanted ["have wanted" – "have" implied from supine] to go [walk].

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    References

    Anagrams

    West Frisian

    Determiner

    dit

    1. neuter singular of dizze
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