Polyglot Dictionary

dick

/dɪk/

adjective A1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adj Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. thick, fat

    Describes an object's own girth or thickness (a thick book, a fat cat) — compare dicht, which describes density of many things packed together.

    • Das ist ein dickes Buch.

      That's a thick book.

Similar words

dicht

dick describes an object's own thickness or girth; dicht describes density — many things packed closely together, like fog or traffic.

Similar in other languages

English

stocky

Close — thick, fat relates to stocky.

French

trapu

Close — stocky relates to thick, heavyset.

Practice

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