dicht

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪxt
• IPA^(key): /dɪxt/

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch dicht, from Old Dutch *thīht, from Proto-Germanic *þinhtaz. Cognate with English tight and German dicht (“dense”).

Adjective

dicht (comparative dichter, superlative dichtst)

1. thick, tight, dense
2. close

   „Wie vorig jaar zijn woning verkocht, kreeg een prijs die relatief dicht bij de oorspronkelijke vraagprijs lag”, staat in het onderzoek. — “Who in the previous year sold his home, obtained a price that lay relatively close to the original asking price,” stated the research paper.
   (Het Algemeen Dagblad, 5 January 2007)

3. closed, shut

   Ik spring lachend in het diepe met m'n ogen dicht. — I jump laughing into the deep with my eyes shut. (Marco Borsato ft. Sita – Lopen Op Het Water)

Inflection

Declension of dicht
uninflected	dicht
inflected	dichte
comparative	dichter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		dicht	dichter	het dichtst het dichtste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	dichte	dichtere	dichtste
	n. sing.	dicht	dichter	dichtste
	plural	dichte	dichtere	dichtste
definite		dichte	dichtere	dichtste
partitive		dichts	dichters	—

Antonyms

• (thick): dun
• (closed, shut): open
• (dense): ijl

Derived terms

• dichtbij
• dichtbinden

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch dicht.

Noun

dicht n (plural dichten, diminutive dichtje n)

1. (literary) poem
2. (archaic, literary) poetry

   Antonym: ondicht

Derived terms

• ondicht

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dicht

1. (deprecated template usage) first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of dichten
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of dichten

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪçt/
• Rhymes: -ɪçt

Etymology 1

From Middle High German dīchte, from Old High German *dīhti, from Proto-Germanic *þinhtaz. The modern vocalism is from Middle Low German dicht(e) with Low German shortening before -cht (compare German leicht and German Low German licht). The expected form deicht is attested in early modern German. Cognate with Dutch dicht, English tight.

Adjective

dicht (comparative dichter, superlative am dichtesten)

1. thick, tight, dense
   • 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 33/2010, page 31:

     Baschir trägt einen dichten Bart, der einzig die Partie zwischen der Oberlippe und seiner großen Nase ausspart.

     Baschir wears a thick beard, which only leaves out the part between the upper lip and his big nose.

2. impermeable, sealed, shut, locked (preventing passage or entrance)
3. (with bei or an) close to
4. (colloquial) drunk

Derived terms

• abdichten
• Dichte
• dichten
• Dichtigkeit
• nicht ganz dicht sein (not to be in one’s right mind)
• undicht

Adverb

dicht

1. closely

Etymology 2

From dichten (not related with etymology 1).

Verb

dicht

1. (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of dichten.
2. (colloquial) (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of dichten.

Further reading

• “dicht” in Duden online

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Luxembourgish

Etymology 1

From Middle High German dīhte, from Old High German *dīhti, from Proto-Germanic *þinhtaz. The variant diicht is inherited; the form with a short vowel is influenced by German dicht, itself influenced by Middle Low German dicht (alongside obsolete German deicht). Cognate with Dutch dicht, English tight.

Alternative forms

• diicht (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diχt/, [diɕt]

Adjective

dicht (masculine dichten, neuter dicht, comparative méi dicht, superlative am dichtsten)

1. dense
2. impermeable; watertight

Etymology 2

Verb

dicht

1. inflection of dichten:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person plural present indicative
   3. second-person singular/plural imperative

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German dicht, Dutch dicht, English tight.

Adjective

dicht

1. dense
2. close, nearby

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Scots

Verb

dicht

1. (transitive) To wipe.