overwordExplorer
DUTCH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

diet.

folk, people

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/dit/
  1. folk, people

    archaic · neuter · no-diminutive · uncountable
  2. the combined Flemish, Dutch and Afrikaner people

    Belgium · archaic · neuter · no-diminutive · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Revival by Flemish nationalists of Middle Dutch diet (“people, folk”), from Proto-West Germanic *þeudu, from Proto-Germanic *þeudō, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂. Compare Diets (“Dutch, German”).

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

diet has 4 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

diet studiodiet workshello, diet

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.