Deichen
German, noun[ˈdaɪ̯çn̩]
Deichen is spelled D-E-I-C-H-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 104,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Deichen is a German masculine noun meaning “dative plural of Deich” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Deichen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Deich
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. beim Bau oder der Instandhaltung eines Deichs mitarbeiten
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Deichen
- deiche present
- deichst present
- deicht present
- deichte past
- deich! imperative singular
- deiche! imperative singular
- deicht! imperative plural
- gedeicht participle-2 perfect
- haben auxiliary perfect
- gedeicht haben active infinitive perfect
- zu deichen active extended infinitive
- gedeicht zu haben active extended infinitive
- deichend participle present active
- zu deichender participle gerundive
- zu deichende participle gerundive
- zu deichendes … participle gerundive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Deichen?
- [ˈdaɪ̯çn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Deichen in German?
Deichen appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).