Deich

Betekenis (Engels)

dyke, dike; permanent dam

Concepten

dijk

waterkering

dam

sperdam

stuwdam

zeedijk

afsluitdam

dijk

afsluitdijk

Synoniemen

Damm

Wehr

Kai

Uferdamm

Eindämmung

Staumauer

Türflügel

Bollwerk

Hochwasserschutzwall

Erdwall

Fensterflügel

schlagend

Staudamm

Vertalingen

digue

dique

dike

dique

diga

embankment

argine

🏦

bank

🏦

dyke

diques

bent

seawall

levee

set

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/daɪ̯ç/

Etymologie (Engels)

Verwant aan Nederlands: dijk

Verwant aan Fries: 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.