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dingen.

to hire for a crime

6 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈdɪŋən/[ˈdɪŋən][ˈdɪŋŋ̩]
  1. to hire for a crime

    class-3 · literary · strong · weak
  2. to hire (in general)

    archaic · class-3 · strong · weak
Where this word comes from

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).

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