dichten
German, verb
dichten is spelled D-I-C-H-T-E-N (7 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written German, the 12,050th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dichten is a German verb meaning “to compose (a text, almost always poetry)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a strong genitive masculine/neuter singular of dicht. With a capital, Dichten is a different word: “plural of Dichte”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein sprachliches Kunstwerk verfassen”.
What does dichten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to compose (a text, almost always poetry)
verb
- 1
to caulk, seal (prevent leakage)
adjective
- 1
masculineneuterstrong genitive masculine/neuter singular
- 2
weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
- 3
masculinestrong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
- 4
strong dative plural
- 5
weak/mixed all-case plural
noun
- 1
plural of Dichte
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein sprachliches Kunstwerk verfassen
verb: 1. dicht machen
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 dichten
- dichtet present singular third-person
- dichtete past
- gedichtet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- dichtend participle present
- dichte first-person indicative present
- dichtest indicative present second-person
- dichteten first-person indicative plural
- dichtetest indicative preterite second-person
- dichtetet indicative plural preterite
- dicht imperative second-person singular
- habe gedichtet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gedichtet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- dichte! imperative singular
- dichtet! imperative plural
- gedichtet haben active infinitive perfect
- gedichtet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- gedichtet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is dichten in German?
dichten appears 5.1 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).