From Middle Dutch dietsch, from Old Dutch *thiudisc, from Proto-West Germanic *þiudisk, from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz, from *þeudō (“people, nation”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“people”). Doublet of Duits.
Diets (comparative Dietser, superlative meest Diets or Dietst)
Declension of Diets | ||||
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uninflected | Diets | |||
inflected | Dietse | |||
comparative | Dietser | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | Diets | Dietser | het Dietst het Dietste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | Dietse | Dietsere | Dietste |
n. sing. | Diets | Dietser | Dietste | |
plural | Dietse | Dietsere | Dietste | |
definite | Dietse | Dietsere | Dietste | |
partitive | Diets | Dietsers | — |
Diets n