diezen

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German dioȥan, from Proto-West Germanic *þeutan, from Proto-Germanic *þeutaną. Cognate with Old English þēotan and Old Norse þjóta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈdiə̯sən/

Verb

dieȥen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present diuȥet, past tense dōȥ, past participle gedoȥȥen, past subjunctive düȥȥe, auxiliary sīn)

  1. to resound, to sound out, to thunder
  2. (of liquids) to rush

Conjugation

References

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “diezen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel