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• eth
  eth

  noun

  a letter in the form of a crossed d, written đ or ð, used in Old English writing to represent both voiced and unvoiced th and in modern Icelandic and in phonetic alphabets to represent voiced th.
• -eth
  -eth

  an ending of the third person singular present indicative of verbs, now occurring only in archaic forms or used in solemn or poetic language: doeth or doth; hopeth; sitteth.
• Eth.
  Eth.

  abbreviation

  Ethiopia.
• ETH
  ETH

  abbreviation

  Ethiopia (international car registration)

eth

¹ American  

[eth] / ɛð /

Or edh

noun

1. a letter in the form of a crossed d, written đ or ð, used in Old English writing to represent both voiced and unvoiced th and in modern Icelandic and in phonetic alphabets to represent voiced th.

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-eth ² American  

1. an ending of the third person singular present indicative of verbs, now occurring only in archaic forms or used in solemn or poetic language: doeth or doth; hopeth; sitteth.

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-eth ³ American  

1. variant of -th, the ordinal suffix, used when the cardinal number ends in -y: twentieth; thirtieth.

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Eth. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. Ethiopia.

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-eth ¹ British  

suffix

1. forming the archaic third person singular present indicative tense of verbs

   goeth

   taketh

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-eth ² British  

suffix

1. a variant of -th 2

   twentieth

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ETH ³ British  

abbreviation

1. Ethiopia (international car registration)

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Eth. ⁴ British  

abbreviation

1. Ethiopia(n)

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eth ⁵ British  

/ ɛð, ɛθ /

noun

1. a variant of edh

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Etymology

Origin of -eth

From Old English -eth, -ath, -oth, -th; akin to Latin -t

Example Sentences

The study's other senior author is Markus Stoffel, MD, PhD, professor of metabolic diseases at the Institute of Molecular Health Sciences at ETH Zurich in Switzerland.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

During the experiment, no people were in the tunnel for safety reasons, with everything managed remotely from the ETH Zurich lab in northern Switzerland.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

The study brought together researchers from the Marine Biodiversity Lab at the Ryan Institute, led by Dr. Maggie Reddy and Professor Olivier Thomas, along with collaborators from ETH Zurich.

From Science Daily • May 8, 2026

For example, IBM said earlier this month that it used quantum-centric supercomputing to verify the behavior of a new molecule it created alongside researchers at a handful of universities, including Oxford University and ETH Zurich.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

The University of Zurich and ETH Domain will host the ceremony, which gives prizes to achievements "that first make people laugh, then make them think".

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026