"dirten" meaning in English

See dirten in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more dirten [comparative], most dirten [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English driten, from Old English driten, ġedriten, from Proto-Germanic *dritanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *drītaną (“to defecate; befoul”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|driten}} Middle English driten, {{inh|en|ang|driten}} Old English driten, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*dritanaz}} Proto-Germanic *dritanaz, {{der|en|gem-pro|*drītaną|t=to defecate; befoul}} Proto-Germanic *drītaną (“to defecate; befoul”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} dirten (comparative more dirten, superlative most dirten)
  1. (dialectal) Dirty; filthy Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-dirten-en-adj-dVeZlgou
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

Forms: more dirten [comparative], most dirten [superlative]
Etymology: From dirt + -en (“made of”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|dirt|-en|id2=made of|t2=made of}} dirt + -en (“made of”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} dirten (comparative more dirten, superlative most dirten)
  1. (dialectal) Made of dirt Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-dirten-en-adj-SPT7Kuig Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, English terms suffixed with -en (made of) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 94 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative): 9 81 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 93 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 94 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Forms: dirtens [present, singular, third-person], dirtening [participle, present], dirtened [participle, past], dirtened [past]
Etymology: From dirt + -en (verbal suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|en|dirt|-en|id2=inchoative|pos2=verbal suffix}} dirt + -en (verbal suffix) Head templates: {{en-verb}} dirten (third-person singular simple present dirtens, present participle dirtening, simple past and past participle dirtened)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become dirty or soiled Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-dirten-en-verb-pBG4eoRA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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