How do I Say and Write
"Diet" in German?

Pronunciation : Di"et
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. di?te, L. diaeta, fr. Gr.
Definition : 1. Course of living or nourishment; what is eaten and drunk habitually; food; victuals; fare. "No inconvenient diet." Milton.

2. A course of food selected with reference to a particular state of health; prescribed allowance of food; regimen prescribed. To fast like one that takes diet. Shak. Diet kitchen, a kitchen in which diet is prepared for invalids; a charitable establishment that provides proper food for the sick poor.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Di"et
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To cause to take food; to feed. [R.] Shak.

2. To cause to eat and drink sparingly, or by prescribed rules; to regulate medicinally the food of. She diets him with fasting every day. Spenser.

t. [imp. & p. p. Dieted; p. pr. & vb. n. Dieting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Di"et
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To eat; to take one's meals. [Obs.] Let him . . . diet in such places, where there is good company of the nation, where he traveleth. Bacon.

2. To eat according to prescribed rules; to ear sparingly; as, the doctor says he must diet.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Di"et
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. di?te, LL. dieta, diaeta, an assembly, a day's journey; the same word as diet course of living, but with the sense changed by L. dies day: cf. G. tag dayReichstag.]
Definition : Defn: A legislative or administrative assembly in Germany, Poland, and some other countries of Europe; a deliberative convention; a council; as, the Diet of Worms, held in 1521.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913