dito
German, adverb
dito is spelled D-I-T-O (4 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written German, the 23,059th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dito is a German adverb meaning “ditto” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Dito is a different word: “ditto (the same thing as before)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “bezieht sich stellvertretend (auch als Bestätigung) auf das vorher gerade Genannte; in ebenderselben, der…”.
What does dito mean in English?
adverb
- 1
colloquialditto
Ich bin froh, dass ich Sie bald nicht mehr täglich sehen muss! – Ja, dito!
noun
- 1
neuterditto (the same thing as before)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. bezieht sich stellvertretend (auch als Bestätigung) auf das vorher gerade Genannte; in ebenderselben, der gleichen Weise, in demselben Maße
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 dito
- detto alternative Austria regional
- ditto alternative obsolete
- do. alternative abbreviation
- dto. alternative abbreviation
- Ditos genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to dito
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dito in German?
dito appears 2.1 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).