Dietrich
pronunciation
How to pronounce Dietrich in British English:
UK 
How to pronounce Dietrich in American English:
US
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- Noun:
- United States film actress (born in Germany) who made many films with Josef von Sternberg and later was a successful cabaret star (1901-1992)
Word Origin
- Dietrich
- German masc. name and surname, literally "folk-rule" (Dutch Diederik), from Old High German Theodric, from theuda "folk, people" (see Teutonic) + rihhi "rule" (see Reich). Variants or familiar forms include Derrick, Dierks, Dieter, Dirk. Compare Theodoric. Theodric the Ostrogoth, who held sway in Italy 493-526, appears in later German tales as Dietrich von Bern (Verona).
Example
- 1. The island in the fiji archipelago was sold to red bull founder dietrich mateschitz .
- 2. Proud of being an american , miss dietrich .
- 3. Germans are proud to remember dietrich bonhffer as much as they mourn the atrocities of the nazi era .
- 4. Marlene dietrich is singing " blue angel " in berlin .
- 5. Dietrich has a contact in the casino .