Deich

Signification (Anglais)

dyke, dike; permanent dam

Concepts

digue

barrière

berge

🏦

talus

Synonymes

Damm

Wehr

Kai

Uferdamm

Eindämmung

Staumauer

Türflügel

Bollwerk

Hochwasserschutzwall

Erdwall

Fensterflügel

schlagend

Staudamm

Traductions

dique

dike

dijk

dique

embankment

diga

waterkering

argine

🏦

bank

🏦

dyke

diques

seawall

levee

bent

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/daɪ̯ç/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à néerlandais: dijk

Appartenant à frison occidental: dyk

In summary

Originally the same word as Teich (“pond”). The sense “dike” spread via Low German, for which reason the form Deich is most often regarded as an artificial adaptation of Middle Low German dīk (“dike”) to the phonetic system of standard German. However, Deich is also the form natively developed in West Central German and it does mean “dike, dam, weir system” in most dialects of the Rhineland, particularly along the Lower Rhine. The supposition of an artificial adaptation is therefore possible but not inevitable. Cognate to Dutch dijk and West Frisian dyk.