Similar words
gedrungen
Gedrungen describes a person's stocky, squat build; kompakt is the general word for anything compact, people or objects.
Similar in other languages
Portuguese
compacto
compacto is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "compact."
Practice
1 What does kompakt mean?
compact
2 Fill the gap: Die Kamera ist klein und ___.
Full sentence: Die Kamera ist klein und kompakt. (The camera is small and compact.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches kompakt?
kompakt: neutral register, common frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.