Adjective: dicht
Indefinite Forms
| masc. & fem. | dichte |
| neuter | dicht |
Comparison Forms
| Positive | dichte |
| Comparative | dichtere |
| Superlative | dichtste |
Sample Sentences
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We stonden voor een dichte deur. (We were standing in front of a closed door.)
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Ik spring lachend in het diepe met m'n ogen dicht. (I jump laughing into the deep with my eyes shut.) [2002, Troy Verges, Brett James, Hillary Lindsey, “Lopen Op Het Water”, in Onderweg, performed by Marco Borsato ft. Sita:]
Adjectives inflected like dicht
bestendig,
stichtelijk,
meelijwekkend,
seniel,
sappig,
schuin,
scherp,
schalk,
glasachtig,
diepgravend,
sjofel,
ongelijkmatig,
energiebesparend,
smeuïg,
smerig,
slecht,
solied,
soepel,
simpel,
dienstig, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
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”). See: English Adjectives '
tight', German Adjectives '
dicht'.
Verbs referencing "dicht"
English Adjectives
tight, German Adjectives
dicht.
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