tæt

See also: tat, tắt, tät, tát, Tat, and táet

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse þéttr (“tight, watertight”), from Proto-Germanic *þinhtaz, cognate with Swedish tät, English tight, Dutch, German dicht. Doublet of tight.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛt/, [ˈtˢɛd̥]

Adjective

tæt (plural and definite singular attributive tætte)

1. close (with a little or no distance)
2. dense, tight, thick, heavy (with a high density)
3. watertight, waterproof, air-tight (impenetrable by water or air)

Inflection

Inflection of tæt

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	tæt	tættere	tættest2
indefinite neuter singular	tæt	tættere	tættest2
plural	tætte	tættere	tættest2
definite attributive1	tætte	tættere	tætteste

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Derived terms

• tæthed (“closeness”)
• tætne (“to seal”)
• utæt (“leaky”)

Adverb

tæt

1. closely (with little or no distance)
2. densely, thickly, tight, tightly, heavily (with a high density)