Dutch

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

Antonyms

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

Derived terms

• dichtbij
• dichtbinden

Noun

dicht n ‎(plural dichten, diminutive dichtje n)

1. Short for gedicht.

Verb

dicht

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of dichten
2. imperative of dichten

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

Declension

Derived terms

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

Adverb

dicht

1. closely

Etymology 2

From dichten (not related with etymology 1).

Verb

dicht

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

Luxembourgish

Verb

dicht

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