different between dich vs sich

English

Noun

dich (plural diches)

1. Obsolete form of ditch (“a trench”).

Verb

dich (third-person singular simple present diches, present participle diching, simple past and past participle diched)

1. Obsolete form of ditch (“to dig a trench”).

Anagrams

• chid

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German dich, from Old High German dih (“thee”). Cognate with German dich.

Pronoun

dich

1. (Sette Comuni) accusative of du: you, thee

See also

References

• “dich” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

German

Alternative forms

• Dich

Etymology

From Old High German dih, akin to Old Saxon th?

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?ç/
• Rhymes: -?ç

Pronoun

dich

1. (personal) accusative of du, you, thee (direct object).

2. (reflexive) accusative of du; yourself, thee (direct object).

Further reading

• “dich” in Duden online

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Old High German dih, from Proto-Germanic *þek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiç/

Pronoun

dich

1. stressed and unstressed accusative of du: you (direct object), thee.

Inflection

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Occitan

Verb

dich

1. past participle of dire

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?ix/

Verb

·dich

1. third-person singular perfective present subjunctive prototonic of téit
2. third-person singular present indicative prototonic of do·fich

Mutation

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German mich.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?ç/

Pronoun

dich

1. you

Declension

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ukrainian ??? (Si?), from Ukrainian ????? (sikty, “to chop”), alluding to the clearing of a forest for an encampment, or the building of a fort with trees that have been cut down.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sit??/

Noun

sich (plural sichs or siches)

1. (historical) An administrative and military centre for the Zaporozhian and Danube Cossacks.

Translations

References

Further reading

• sich on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Adjective

sich (not comparable)

1. Pronunciation spelling of such.

Pronoun

sich

1. Pronunciation spelling of such.

Anagrams

• CHIS, Chis, HCIs, ICHs, chis

German

Etymology

From Middle High German sich, from Old High German sih, from Proto-Germanic *sek. Compare Yiddish ???? (zikh), Dutch zich.

This pronoun was originally restricted to the accusative case, while simple personal pronouns were used in the dative. Dative use of sich in Middle High German was restricted to northern dialects of Central German. In Early Modern German, a rare dative sir also occurred, formed by analogy with mir, dir. An obstacle to the generalisation of this form was the use of sich in the plural, where there operated the conflicting analogy with the merged accusative/dative forms uns, euch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z?ç/
• Rhymes: -?ç

Pronoun

sich (both accusative and dative)

1. (reflexive) Reflexive pronoun of the third person singular: herself, himself, itself, oneself (direct or indirect object).
2. (reflexive) Reflexive pronoun of the third person plural: themselves (direct or indirect object).

Related terms

• mich, mir, dich, dir, uns, euch
• seiner, ihrer

Further reading

• “sich” in Duden online

Scots

Adjective

sich (comparative mair sich, superlative maist sich)

1. Alternative form of sic

Pronoun

sich

1. Alternative form of sic