# dicht
## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɪxt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: dicht
* Rhymes: -ɪxt

### Etymology 1

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

#### Adjective

dicht (comparative dichter, superlative dichtst)
* 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 (lyrics and music), “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.
* thick, tight, dense
    Antonym: ijl

##### Derived terms

* dichtbevolkt
* luchtdicht
* potdicht
* waterdicht
* dichtheid
* dichten

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: dig

#### Adverb

dicht (comparative dichter, superlative dichtst)
* (preceding a preposition) close, closely
    Ze zaten erg dicht tegen elkaar aan.They were sitting very close together.
* (as part of a separable verb) closed
* tightly, densely

##### Derived terms

* dicht bij
* dichtbij
* dichtbinden
* dichtdoen
* dichtgaan
* dichthouden
* dichtnaaien
* dichtplakken
* dichtslaan
* dichtspijkeren

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

dicht n (plural dichten, diminutive dichtje n)
* (literary) poem
    Synonym: gedicht
* (archaic, literary) poetry
    Antonym: ondicht

##### Derived terms

* dichtbundel
* dichter
* dichtkunst
* dichtwerk
* leerdicht
* minnedicht
* ondicht

##### Related terms

* dichten

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

dicht
* inflection of dichten:
** first/second/third-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɪçt/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪçt

### Etymology 1

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.

#### Adjective

dicht (strong nominative masculine singular dichter, comparative dichter, superlative am dichtesten)
* thick, tight, dense
** 2010, Der Spiegel‎, 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.
* impermeable, sealed, shut, locked (preventing passage or entrance)
    dicht machen ― to shut
* close [with bei (+ dative) or an (+ dative) ‘to something’]
* (colloquial) tight, intoxicated
    Synonym: betrunken

##### Derived terms

* abdichten
* Dichte
* dichten
* Dichtigkeit
* hackedicht
* nicht ganz dicht sein
* undicht

#### Adverb

dicht
* closely

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

dicht
* singular imperative of dichten
* (colloquial) first-person singular present of dichten

### Further reading

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

## Luxembourgish
### Etymology 1

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.

#### Alternative forms

* diicht (archaic)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /diχt/, [diɕt]
* Audio:(file)

#### Adjective

dicht (masculine dichten, neuter dicht, comparative méi dicht, superlative am dichtsten)
* dense
* impermeable; watertight

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

dicht
* inflection of dichten:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person plural present indicative
** second-person singular/plural imperative

## Pennsylvania German
### Etymology

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.

### Adjective

dicht
* dense
* close, nearby

## Scots
### Etymology

From Middle English dighten, from Old English dihtan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɪçt/

### Verb

dicht
* (transitive) To wipe.
* To dight (set out or put).
* To dight (dress, adorn).

### References

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