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Diether is a German given name, composed of the elements diet "people" and her "army".
It is distinct from, but in Modern German has become homophonic with, the name Dieter, which is a short form of Dietrich, composed of the same prefix but the unrelated suffix rihhi "rich".
People called Diether include:
- Diether von Isenburg (d. 1482)
- Diether von Roeder (d. 1918), eponymous of German destroyer Z17 Diether von Roeder
- Diether Lukesch (1918-2004)
- Diether Posser (1922-2010)
- Diether Haenicke (1935-2009)
- Diether Krebs (1947–2000)
- Diether Ocampo (b. 1974)
Usage examples of "diether".
Popular feeling had been stirred by our new elected Archbishop, Diether, whom the Pope did not approve.
When asked to surrender powers and taxes to Rome, Diether would not bow to it, for which he had our gratitude and love.
For nearly a year it was the war of the archbishops, with Diether refusing to bend to Rome, and Rome recognising only Adolf, and confusion on the throne.
Dr Humery was for Diether, as I was, and to this purpose we printed a broadsheet taking his part.
Schoeffer, who printed for anyone who would pay them Diether, Adolf, they danced to either tune, with never a care about the rights.
During these skirmishes, Diether escaped over the Rhine, promising to come back with reinforcements from nearby fields or distant towns.
But since they had printed for Diether as well as Adolf, I guessed they were.
The hero of Bern distinguished himself, as usual, in this fray, until, hearing that Nudung, the two Hun princes, and his young brother, Diether, had all been slain, he became almost insane with grief.
And with that he grasped the handle of his sword Mimung with both hands and struck Diether so terrible a blow that he clove his body in twain.
And Rudiger told Attila how Diether and many another brave knight had fallen in the battle.