dingen
to hire (archaic/legal)
English translations
- 01
things
- 02
stuff
- 03
matters
Word details
- German meaning
- Etwas mieten oder anheuern, oft für eine bestimmte Zeit oder einen bestimmten Zweck.
- English meaning
- Hire
- Synonym
- mieten, anheuern
- German example
- Wir mussten ein Taxi dingen, um zum Bahnhof zu kommen.
- English example
- We had to hire a taxi to get to the train station.
- Auxiliary Verb
- haben
- Present
- ich dinge du dingst er/sie/es ich dingt wir dingen ihr dinget sie dingen
- Past Participle
- ich habe gedungen du hast gedungen er/sie/es hat gedungen wir haben gedungen ihr habt gedungen sie haben gedungen
- Past
- ich dingte du dingtest er/sie/es dingte wir dingten ihr dingtet sie dingten
Related words
- Dingenskirchen
Someplace
- bedingen
To cause, to require
- Kollektion
Collection
- Auswahl
A selection is a range of things from which one can choose.
- Unterscheidung
Distinction
- Minderheit
minority
- Trennung
Separation, divorce
- Ontologie
Ontology
- Wunschzettel
A wish list is a list of things that someone wants, often for Christmas or a birthday.
- Ingenieur
Engineer
- Pessimist
Pessimist
- Blasphemiker
Blasphemer
- Sequenz
A sequence is a particular order in which related events, movements, or things follow each other.
- Abgeschiedenheit
Seclusion
- Gewühl
Crowd, Muddle
- Interrogativpronomen
Interrogative pronoun
- Altersunterschied
Age difference
- Pietät
piety
- Karikaturistin
Caricaturist
- Schichtung
stratification
- Sammelbegriff
A collective term is a word or phrase used to denote a group of things that share common characteristics.
- Kult
cult
- Trio
Trio
- Sammelwut
A compulsive need or excessive passion for collecting things.
- Wimmelbuch
Hidden picture book
- Verträglichkeit
compatibility
- Gemenge
mixture, jumble, mess
- Geschmeiß
Rabble, vermin
- Gebund
bundle
- Rutengängerin
Dowser
- Zusammenführung
Merger
- Vergleichung
Comparison
- Verschränkung
Entanglement
- aufzählen
Enumerate
- arten
Species refers to different categories or types of living beings, things, or concepts that differ in certain characteristics.
- assoziieren
Associate
- anthropomorphisieren
Anthropomorphize
- strotzen
to be full of, to abound in
- switchen
To switch
- erstere
former
- ausgestattet
Equipped
- eschatologisch
Eschatological
- ontisch
Ontic
- Verhältnis
relationship, relation
- Gattung
Genre
- Arrangement
Arrangement
- Duo
Duo
- Legion
Legion
- Lade
A crate is a container, often made of wood, used for storing or transporting things.
Example sentences with “dingen”
Er wurde gedungen, um den Job zu tun. (He was hired to do the job.)
Frequently asked questions
Is 'dingen' commonly used?
No, it is very old-fashioned; 'einstellen' or 'anheuern' are standard.