dicht

/dɪçt/

adjective B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Meaning

dense, thick (of fog, hair, traffic)

Different from dick (thick/fat describing an object's girth) — dicht describes density or closeness of many things packed together.
- Der Nebel war sehr dicht.
  
  The fog was very dense.
close, right next to (spatially near)
- Sie standen dicht beieinander.
  
  They stood close together.

Similar words

dick describes an object's own thickness or girth (a thick book, a fat cat); dicht describes density — many things packed closely together, like fog or traffic.

Similar in other languages

English

thick

thick is the English word for the same thing — both mean "dense, thick."

Practice

1 What does dicht mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der Nebel war sehr ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches dicht?

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Last updated 2026-09-16