• IPA^(key): /dɪxt/

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• Hyphenation: dicht
• Rhymes: -ɪxt

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

dicht (comparative dichter, superlative dichtst)

1. closed, shut

   Synonyms: gesloten, toe

   Antonym: open

   We stonden voor een dichte deur.

   We were standing in front of a closed door.

   • 2002, Troy Verges, Brett James, Hillary Lindsey, “Lopen Op Het Water”, in Onderweg, performed by Marco Borsato ft. Sita:

     Ik spring lachend in het diepe met m'n ogen dicht.

     I jump laughing into the deep with my eyes shut.

2. thick, tight, dense

   Antonym: ijl

• Afrikaans: dig

dicht (comparative dichter, superlative dichtst)

1. (preceding a preposition) close, closely

   Ze zaten erg dicht tegen elkaar aan.

   They were sitting very close together.

2. (as part of a separable verb) closed
3. tightly, densely

From Middle Dutch dicht. See the verb dichten (“to compose a poem”).

dicht n (plural dichten, diminutive dichtje n)

1. (literary) poem

   Synonym: gedicht

2. (archaic, literary) poetry

   Antonym: ondicht

• dichten

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

dicht

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

• IPA^(key): /dɪçt/

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• Rhymes: -ɪçt

From Middle High German dīchte, from Old High German dīhti, from Proto-West Germanic *þį̄ht(ī), 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.

dicht (strong nominative masculine singular dichter, comparative dichter, superlative am dichtesten)

1. thick, tight, dense
   • 2010, Der Spiegel‎^[1], volume 33/2010, page 31:

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

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

2. impermeable, sealed, shut, locked (preventing passage or entrance)
   1. closed, out of operation, out of business
      • 2025 December 30, Andreas Wyputta, quoting Stefan Bratzel, “Sterben auf Raten”, in Die Tageszeitung‎^[2]:

        Spätestens 2028 muss etwas kommen – sonst ist der Laden dicht.

        In 2028 at the latest, they have to release something - otherwise this place is out of business.

      dicht machen ― to close up, to shutter

3. close [with bei (+ dative) or an (+ dative) ‘to something’]
4. (colloquial) tight, intoxicated

   Synonym: betrunken

dicht

1. closely

dicht

1. singular imperative of dichten
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of dichten

• “dicht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “dicht” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “dicht” in Duden online

From Middle High German dīhte, from Old High German dīhti, from Proto-West Germanic *þį̄ht(ī), 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.

• diicht (archaic)

• IPA^(key): /diχt/, [diɕt]

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

1. dense
2. impermeable; watertight

dicht

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

From Middle High German dīchte, from Old High German dīhti, from Proto-West Germanic *þį̄ht(ī), from Proto-Germanic *þinhtaz. Compare German dicht, Dutch dicht, English tight.

dicht

1. dense
2. close, nearby

From Middle Low German dicht, from Old Saxon *thīht, from Proto-West Germanic *þį̄ht(ī), from Proto-Germanic *þinhtaz.

dicht (comparative dichta, superlative dichsta)

1. dense
2. watertight
3. (of air) close, foul

• dichtbie
• dichten
• ondicht

From Middle English dighten, from Old English dihtan.

• IPA^(key): /dɪçt/

dicht

1. (transitive) To wipe.
2. To dight (set out or put).
3. To dight (dress, adorn).

• “dicht, v., n. and adv.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.