chic
German, adjective
chic is spelled C-H-I-C (4 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 25,090th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chic is a German adjective meaning “alternative spelling of schick” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Chic is a different word: “chic”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “von Mode und Geschmack zeugend”.
What does chic mean in English?
adjective
- 1
alternative spelling of schick
noun
- 1
masculinechic
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. von Mode und Geschmack zeugend
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of chic
- chicer masculine nominative singular
- am chicsten superlative
- chice feminine nominative singular
- chices neuter nominative singular
- chicen genitive masculine singular
- chicem dative masculine singular
- der chice definite includes-article masculine
- die chice definite feminine includes-article
- das chice definite includes-article neuter
- die chicen definite includes-article nominative
- des chicen definite genitive includes-article
- der chicen definite feminine genitive
- dem chicen dative definite includes-article
- schick alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to chic
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chic in German?
chic appears 1.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).