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

• afdingen
• bedingen
• meedingen

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

dingen

1. plural of ding

• geding

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/, [ˈdɪŋən], [ˈdɪŋŋ̩]

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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/, [ˈdiŋɡən]

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.