# Dill
## English
### Etymology

* As a German surname, from Diele (“floorboard”).
* As an English surname, from the noun dill and also the adjective dull.
* As a Scottish/Scottish Gaelic surname, reduced from McDill, itself a variant of McDowell.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɪl

### Proper noun

Dill
* A surname.

### Further reading

* Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dill”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 462.

## East Central German
### Etymology

Compare German Delle.

### Noun

Dill
* (Erzgebirgisch) dent, indentation

### References

* 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 31:

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɪl/
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

With Central German consonantism from Middle High German tille, from Old High German tilli, from Proto-West Germanic *dili.

#### Alternative forms

* Dille f (Austrian German), Till m (obsolete)

#### Noun

Dill m (strong, genitive Dilles or Dills, plural Dille)
* dill (herb of the species Anethum graveolens)
** 1750, Johann Storch, Theoretische und practische Abhandlung von Kinder-Kranckheiten, Eisenach: Michael Gottlieb Grießbach, pages 406–407:Ein Exempel einer glücklichen Cur findet sich auch in M. N. C. Dec. I. A. I. p. 119. welche von D. Cummio also lautet: „Anno 1667 bekame einen Knaben von 6 Jahren zu Hannover in die Cur, dessen Haupt so groß war, als eines 18 jährigen Menschens, und der Schwulst über die Augen und Nasen hinge; hergegen die untern Gliedmassen abgezehret waren. […] An beyde Beine ließ ich Cauteria appliciren, und purgierte den Leib wöchentlich 4mal mit Syr. diac. nici. Unter das ordinaire Geträncke ließ ich etliche Tropfen Ol. Tart. per del. thun, die Speisen mit Anis, Kümmel und Till würtzen.One example of successful treatment can also be found in M. N. C. Dec. I. A. I. p. 119 by D. Cummio, which goes like: “In the year 1667 I got a boy of 6 years to treat in Hannover, whose head was as large as that of an 18-year-old man, and the swelling was hanging over eyes and nose; whereas the lower limbs were emaciated. […] On both legs I applied cauteries, and purged the body weekly 4 times with Syr. diac. nici. Into the regular drink I let put several drops of Ol. Tar. per del. thun, the foods I let be spiced with anise, caraway and dill.

##### Declension

$^1$Now rare, see notes.

##### Descendants

* → Kashubian: dil
* → Latvian: dilles
* → Romansch: dil
* → Lower Sorbian: dyla

#### Further reading

* “Dill” in Duden online
* “Dill” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

### Etymology 2
#### Proper noun

die Dill f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Dill)
* A river flowing through central Hesse; tributary of the Lahn

##### Derived terms

* Lahn-Dill-Kreis

### Etymology 3
#### Proper noun

Dill n (proper noun, genitive Dills or (optionally with an article) Dill)
* A municipality of Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate

### Etymology 4
#### Proper noun

Dill m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Dills or (with an article) Dill, feminine genitive Dill, plural Dills)
* a surname

## Luxembourgish
### Etymology

From Middle High German dille, from Old High German dilla, from Proto-Germanic *þiljǭ. Cognate with German Diele, Dutch deel, English thill.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dil/
* Rhymes: -il

### Noun

Dill m (plural Dill or Diller)
* plank, board
* bowling lane

#### Derived terms

* dillen