dut
French, verb
dut is spelled D-U-T (3 letters) and appears 7.9 times per million words in written French, the 7,951st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dut is a French verb meaning “third-person singular past historic of devoir” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, dût is a different word: “third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of devoir”.
What does dut mean in English?
verb
- 1
third-person singular past historic of devoir
verb
- 1
third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of devoir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Diplôme bac + 2 délivré par un IUT.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dut
- D.U.T.
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is dut in French?
dut appears 7.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).