dichteg

Luxembourgish

Alternative forms

  • diichteg (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle High German düchtich, West Central German form of tüchtec, from Old High German *duhtig, *tuhtig, from Proto-West Germanic *duhtīg. Cognate with German tüchtig, Dutch duchtig, English doughty. By surface analysis, Duucht +‎ -eg.

The short vowel has parallels in richteg, wichteg, but these are suspect of being German borrowings. If so, German influence will also be the reason for the re-shortened vowel in dichteg. Otherwise there might be a regular development before -eg at play.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdiɕtəɕ]
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Adjective

dichteg (masculine dichtegen, neuter dichtegt, comparative méi dichteg, superlative am dichtegsten)

  1. competent, proficient, capable
  2. significant, important, well-known

Declension

Declension of dichteg
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative hien ass dichteg si ass dichteg et ass dichteg si si(nn) dichteg
nominative /
accusative 		attributive and/or after determiner dichtegen dichteg dichtegt dichteg
independent without determiner dichteges dichteger
dative after any declined word dichtegen dichteger dichtegen dichtegen
as first declined word dichtegem dichtegem
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