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Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣəˈstɪxt/
- Hyphenation: ge‧sticht
- Rhymes: -ɪxt
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch gestichte.
Noun
gesticht n (plural gestichten, diminutive gestichtje n)
- (colloquial) psychiatric ward, mental asylum
- (dated) care home, reformatory
- (dated, Christianity) a Christian religious building or foundation, such as a church or monastery
- large, impressive building, as typically used for above institutes
- (obsolete) any building
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch gesticht. Equivalent to the past participle of stichten.
Participle
gesticht
- past participle of stichten
Declension