dingen

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪŋə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: din‧gen
• Rhymes: -ɪŋən

From Middle Dutch dingen (“to convene, to plead”), from Old Dutch *thingon, from Proto-West Germanic *þingōn, from Proto-Germanic *þingōną. The verb was originally weak, but became strong by analogy with other verbs.

dingen

1. (transitive) to solicit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

dingen

1. plural of ding

From Middle High German dingen, from Old High German dingōn, from Proto-West Germanic *þingōn (“to hold a meeting”), from Proto-Germanic *þingōną.

Originally a weak verb, which developed secondary strong forms; a process that seems to have begun in the Middle Low German cognate. Compare Dutch dingen (strong).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪŋən/, ,

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dingen (weak or class 3 strong, third-person singular present dingt, past tense dingte or (rare) dang, past participle gedungen or gedingt, past subjunctive dänge or dingte, auxiliary haben)

1. (literary) to hire for a crime
2. (archaic) to hire (in general)

• The most common form is the past participle gedungen, chiefly as an adjective. For example: ein gedungener Mörder (“a hired murderer”).

• ausbedingen

• “dingen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “dingen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “dingen” in Duden online
• “dingen” in OpenThesaurus.de

From Old Dutch *thingon, from Proto-West Germanic *þingōn. Equivalent to dinc +‎ -en.

dingen

1. to hold a trial in court
2. to try, to judge
3. to plead for
4. to strive
5. to speak formally
6. to chatter, to talk back and forth

• Dutch: dingen
• Limburgish: dinge

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

• ding, dyngen

From Old English *dingan, from Proto-West Germanic *dingwan, from Proto-Germanic *dingwaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdinɡən/,

dingen

1. To violently hit, strike or attack someone.
2. To ding; to strike or hit an object.
3. To attain victory over someone or something.
4. To run; to travel at a fast speed.

This verb is occasionally weak in Middle English.

• English: ding
• Scots: ding

• “dingen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-22.