gesticht

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɣəˈstɪxt/
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  • Hyphenation: ge‧sticht
  • Rhymes: -ɪxt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch gestichte.

Noun

gesticht n (plural gestichten, diminutive gestichtje n)

  1. (colloquial) psychiatric ward, mental asylum.
  2. (dated) care home, reformatory.
  3. (dated, Christianity) a Christian religious building or foundation, such as a church or monastery
  4. large, impressive building, as typically used for above institutes.
  5. (obsolete) any building.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch gesticht. Equivalent to the past participle of stichten.

Participle

gesticht

  1. past participle of stichten
Inflection
Inflection of gesticht
uninflected gesticht
inflected gestichte
positive
predicative/adverbial gesticht
indefinite m./f. sing. gestichte
n. sing. gesticht
plural gestichte
definite gestichte
partitive gestichts
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